UK Tamils Show Middle Finger to Bala’s Naan Kadavul Some 25 minutes into Naan Kadavul, we cried out in helpless agony – Kadavule Kapathu (God, please help us). But the almighty Kadavul did not deign to respond to our cry for mercy because it was beyond even his powers to salvage this movie. Disappointing, Very […]
We are now watching After the Wedding, a Danish movie that has an Indian connection. Directed by Susanne Bier, After the Wedding features Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf LassgÃ¥rd, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Mona Malm, Christian Tafdrup, Niels Anders Thorn, Rita Angela and Erni Arneson. The movie was nominated to the Oscars in the Best […]
The last time we spoke to NYC restaurateur and Dhaba NYC owner Shiva Natarajan, the fella was blabbing on and on about his Bollywood connections, his Bollywood roles in movies like Halla Bol and Khakee, his Bollywood celebrity acquaintances like Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai, blah blah blah blah. And Shiva’s main restaurant Web site […]
If any man deserves to be called a man of letters, it’s Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. This 17th century patron of literature owes much of his posthumous reputation to the series of letters he wrote to his illegitimate son in which he bestowed worldly wisdom as he saw it. Here’s an excerpt from one […]
Disgraced Indian IT services provider Satyam Computer has named A.S.Murty, a long-time insider, as its new CEO effective immediately. Murty has been with Satyam since January 1994. He was previously Chief Delivery Officer and also responsible for optimal utilization of Human Resources. Prior to this, Murty was Head of Human Resources and Head of Insurance vertical. An […]
These are troubled times for mobile phone vendors. In Q4 of 2008, mobile phones shipped were down 12.6% over the same period in 2007 to 289 million units, according to market researcher IDC. This is what Senior IDC analyst Ramon Llamas had to say about the mobile phones business in the last quarter and its […]