Trivia of the Day – Twitter

You know the world has gone to hell in a handbasket when you learn that in the last 12 months our netizens sent 25 billion tweets (short messages of up to 140 characters). As if that nonsense were not bad enough, Twitter, the four-year-old startup that lets the little (mostly) twits send all those tweets, […]

Band Baaja Baaraat BO – Bada Disaster

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a gazillion times – that creature Anushka Sharma is not Bollywood star material. Maybe, an extra at the back of a crowd scene. We’re reminded of what Stalin once told Lenin’s wife. In a fury, the Russian leader told Lenin’s wife that just because she used the […]

Freedom – A Classic; Lalitha Adds to the Joy

More ink has likely been expended on Freedom (by Jonathan Franzen) than on any other book in the U.S. this year. Even the high priestess of American TV Oprah Winfrey has given her imprimatur to the novel naming it to her much followed Oprah’s Book Club – 2010 Selection. Given so many adulatory reviews for […]

Bukhara Grill NYC – Unhygienic Shithole, Decent Food

Folks, make no mistake – Bukhara Grill NYC at 217 on E.49th Street in Midtown Manhattan is an unhygienic Indian shithole. What, is Bukhara Grill NYC really a shithole? Of course, it’s a shithole. What else can you call an Indian restaurant that has evidence of mice, live roaches and tons of other hygiene problems […]

Bhojan NYC Review – A Dystopian Nightmare

Bhojan NYC is a hideous nightmare whose memories we’re desperately trying to purge from the dark recesses of our minds. Folks, food at many NYC Indian restaurants is bad but few as repulsively horrible as Bhojan NYC on Lexington Ave. in Manhattan. It’s as if this vegetarian Indian restaurant was set up solely to provide […]

Maharaja Sweets NYC – Glimpses of Heaven

Does it really matter if an NYC Indian restaurant possesses a no-frills look from the outside and on the inside as long as the food is divine. Folks, ignore the drab decor at Maharaja Sweets and Snacks on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, NY. As you walk into the store, you see a glass case […]