Maybe Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is not so dumb after all. The Telugu bidda knows in his heart that Indians are a value conscious bunch who will not squander $1,500-$2,500 on buying a piece of tablet junk like Surface Pro 3 that pretends to be a laptop. So Nadella did the right thing – Ignored […]
All your friends try to kill you? – Alice Fournier (Olga Kurylenko) Eventually. – The November Man (Pierce Brosnan) Source – The November Man I rubbed my eyes in disbelief during the closing credits of the new Hollywood spy thriller November Man. Names like Sriram Das, Raj Brinder Singh, Vishal Rungta, Ankur Rungta whizzed by. […]
No one has ever accused Indians (be they in Mera Bharat Mahaan or in Amreeka) of possessing even a semblance of class. As I’ve said often, the essence of Indians is their Chutiyaness. Nowhere is the Indian Chutiyaness more evident than in their unbounded love for trashy Bollywood movies. Trashier the Indian movie the bigger […]
Is this the beginning of the end for feature phones in India? Unlike mature Western markets, the Indian mobile phone market is still dominated by feature phones (they account for 78% of all cell phones sold in the country). But for millions of poor Indians yoked to antiquated feature phones because a smartphone happens to […]
What if Hollywood hottie Chloë Grace Moretz or Bollywood hearthrob Ranbir Kapoor were to vanish today. Would the sun still dare to raise its head above the eastern horizon tomorrow? Would the Chutiya boys and girls stop moving their hands furtively beneath the sheets? Hard as the ordeal will prove to be for some, the […]
Gentlemen, please key in your bids on the iPads for item #104 [a young girl up for sale]. 100% virgin. 100% pure. Guaranteed. – Scene from Mardaani Amid the stinking dungheap of crappy Bollywood movies, Mardaani stands out as an aberration. A rare Indian film that comes across as a breath of fresh air. All […]