India made Micah cry….It wasn’t the makeshift blue shanties and lean-tos, or the women thrashing clothes on rocks, the men squatting to defecate in the shade of Peepal trees, or the naked, cinnamon-colored children cooling themselves in puddles–all this was too familiar, even nostalgically comforting, to faze her. What wrenched her, instead, was the unnatural […]
Sonia Gandhi chose not to become Prime Minister when she led the party to a stunning victory in the national elections in 2004. Instead, she anointed a loyal technocrat, Dr Manmohan Singh, as Prime Minister, while she called the shots on all important appointments and policies. – Indian Planning Commission Member Arun Maira on Prime […]
I read the words of Jesus Christ, and I realized that they were true…I used to think that I had found God, but I believe it is more accurate to say that He found me. – Hindu-born Christian Convert Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal on How and Why He Became a Christian Source: Washington Post, May 12, […]
Never let it be said that the West ever misses an opportunity to shaft the natives. A few hours back, Google’s Motorola unit launched the $117 Moto E Android smartphone for Indians but offered them a mere 2.2GB of internal storage (remaining 1.8GB is taken by system software). Come on, 2.2GB of internal storage for […]
Pulling myself out of the languorous stupor I had slipped into in recent months, I watched two French movies recently. And what a delight the two turned out to be. With a pleasing jab, they restored the joie de vivre in my life. Avenue Montaigne Directed by Danièle Thompson, Avenue Montaigne (2006) is less like […]
Buzz is growing on the introduction of the Redmi MiPad Tablet Thursday, May 15, 2014. Invitations have already gone out from Xiaomi for an event May 15 in Beijing. And the expectation everywhere is that Xiaomi will launch a 7.99-inch Redmi tablet, the company’s first foray in the tablet arena. If you are curious about […]