As we were idly browsing through our well thumbed copy of Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (18th Edition) a little while ago, we stumbled upon an interesting English word with, of course, a strong connection to India – Bombay Fornicator. Sounds interesting, na? Bet all you chutias’ hands are already inching their way down. […]
Stieg Larsson’s greatest achievement was to bring Swedish crime fiction to the world stage. Who having read Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy can ever forget the bisexual eccentric abused tattoo freak Lisbeth Salander or the journalist Mikael Blomkvist as they hunt down some of the most viciously bad guys in the icy corners of Sweden putting their […]
Taste of India is Closed Delaware on the U.S. East Coast is a depressing place when it comes to a good dine-in Indian restaurant. Of the many Delaware restaurants we have blessed with our presence, Taste of India on Kirkwood Hwy in Newark is one of the few dine-in places serving decent Indian food with […]
As Indians start to make a little money to eat two meals a day and buy a few clothes to cover their private parts, some of them are exhibiting weird and violent behavior. You can’t open an Indian newspaper these days without reading of yet another rape or molestation. No, we’re not making it up. […]
If we don’t see any other movies this year, we’ll shed no tears. No, none at all. For we’ve seen the Spanish language masterpiece Biutiful and our cup of joy overfloweth. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (of Amores Perros and Babel fame) and featuring the peerless Javier Bardem, Biutiful is a movie that left us […]
* Noose Tightens on Indian Nero – Here on SI, we’ve long held Gujarat Chief Minister and Hindu leader Narendra Modi guilty of playing Nero while Muslims were butchered and set afire in the post-Godhra riots of 2002. But Modi’s role may have gone further than merely playing Nero. Indian investigative magazine Tehelka has yet […]