By size, South Korea is smaller than the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu (100,000 sq km vs 130,000 sq km). In terms of population, Tamil Nadu has 72-million people versus 49 million for South Korea. The Tamil film industry and its larger Bollywood sibling make scores of films every year, most of them unwatchable […]
By Naveen After tackling a surprisingly easy Friday evening Chicago traffic, we settled down into the comfortable seats of Big Cinemas (Niles, IL) with the hope of watching at least a mildly entertaining Tamil movie in the rather oddly named “180” – No Rules. When the show began, the censor board certificate revealed the official […]
We’ve listened to Ain’t No Mountain High Enough a million times. No, we’re still not tired of it. Au contraire, we can’t get enough of this extraordinary song. Because there’s magic in that song, originally sung by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The song was also featured in the Hollywood film Step-Mom, remade by Bollywood […]
In or around January 2010, Ms.Bhardwaj’s husband in India needed an operation, and her children needed money to pay for it. Ms.Bhardwaj decided to ask defendant Prabhu Dayal for the money he said he was holding for her. Ms.Bhardwaj asked for the money three times in one day, and he twice said they would talk […]
If it were human, Indian software services provider Infosys would be feeling a sharp pain in its back-side today. For the New York Times has thoroughly buggered India’s software darling in a critical piece posted on its home page. The NYT story says that Infosys is: facing an expanding federal investigation prompted by claims from […]
SI ogled long and hard. SI fondled several Tablets, front, back and side. 😉 SI pored over countless reviews till the eyes glazed over. Finally, SI took the plunge. The iPad 2 plunge. Folks, there’s only one tablet worth buying. And that’s the Apple iPad 2. The rest are like the humble Nirodh before the […]