Devyani Indicted, Kicked Out of U.S.

NYC Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was indicted today and upon being granted diplomatic immunity was asked to leave the U.S. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara filed a 21-page indictment today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Devyani Khobragade was arrested on December 12, 2013 and charged with Visa fraud and […]

Jilla, Veeram – Govinda, Govinda!

Venkataramana Govinda, Govinda! Each time a Tamil film releases, I temporarily regain my faith in God, and send up the above Govinda prayer to none other than Balaji of the Seven Hills seeking divine remission from the plague. I beseech the Lord to turn crappy Tamil movies into duds. And each time Balaji unfailingly lets […]

Thalaivaa Review – God, Spare Us Jilla

After the nightmarish ordeal of sitting through Punnaku Pandi’s last movie, Thalaivaa (Leader), the other day, all I can say is that the Tamil Nadu political leadership is far wiser than I gave them credit for. Just in case you’d forgotten, Jilla’s release was delayed in August 2013 over “security threats” to theaters and brought […]

Samsung Loads New Tablets with Crapware

Samsung launched a new line of Android tablets today including two 12.2-inch devices but couldn’t resist loading them up with a ton of crapware. By bulking up the new Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO 12.1-inch tablets with crapware, Samsung is following in the unsavory tradition initiated by PC vendors like HP, Dell, Acer, E-Machines etc several […]

Baran Review – Heartbreakingly Beautiful

(For SI Blog readers Kreacher, Unknown Virus, Boopalan  etc) I am not a big believer in love or its cathartic effects on the human soul! Insufferable romances churned out by Bollywood and its shittier regional siblings have only intensified my apathy to all things lovey-dovey. Still, I greatly enjoyed the Iranian film Baran (2001), which […]

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