Consumers who pay Amazon $79 annually for two-day shipping for all their purchases got a bonus today – free, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows. But Amazon’s streaming selection under the new program is rather anemic – A mere 5,000 movies and TV shows. Nothing like the 20,000 plus titles Netflix’ offers to its […]
Update (March 1, 2011) : 11 Sentenced to Death, 20 to Life in Prison The killing of 59 Hindu devotees in a train near Godhra railway station (in the western Indian state of Gujarat) was not an accident but a conspiracy, a Special Court in Ahmedabad ruled today. Special Court judge P.R.Patel convicted 31 people […]
* Wasabi – Surprise, surprise. Yes, we were surprised, but really shouldn’t have been, after seeing Wasabi to learn that a Tamil movie ‘released’ last year was based on this 2001 French film. Jean Reno (Léon, Les rivières pourpres, Ronin et al) is the saving grace of this average film. Reno plays Hubert Florentini, a […]
When it comes to begging, none can beat Indians. With several centuries of diligent practice behind them, Indians have honed begging into an art form. Not long ago, we were at the receiving end of one such beggar in Jersey City, NJ. We were standing on Newark Ave in Jersey City (NJ) considering which of […]
Bloody hell. How the f*ck can you get bowled out for 69 in the World Cup. Well, you can’t unless you are a bunch of cattle grazing idiots like the Kenyans.
From our vantage position in the U.S. watching the match on the PC, it’s clear that there is not much local interest in the Kenya-New Zealand match underway at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai (India). The stands look mostly empty. Not surprising considering the home team India is not playing but still a shame […]