IIT alumnus and Rohm and Haas Company CEO Raj Gupta has been named to computer company HP’s board of directors. Gupta, who will join the HP board in January 2009, has been with specialty materials manufacturer Rohm and Haas since 1971. Gupta holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (1967), a […]
The latest report by Transparency International shows India slipping on the Corruption Perceptions Index by 13 points to No-85. As anyone familiar with India knows, the godforsaken nation is one of the most corrupt places on Planet Earth. Whether it’s a village, small town or a big city, nothing ever happens in India without the […]
Drona Review – Pathetic Piece of Shit Kidnap Review – Lousy Boob Show Imran Khan came out of nowhere and provided one of the surprise Bollywood hits of this year – Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Naa. Produced by Imran’s uncle and senior Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Naa was a slick teenage love story that […]
With T-Mobile launching G1 – the first cell phone powered by Google’s Android operating system – today in New York City, the big question is whether the Linux-based Android phones can slow down the momentum of Apple’s iPhone. Manufactured by Taiwanese firm HTC, the T-Mobile G1 phone will start selling on October 22 in the […]
The latest move by the crooked politicians in Washington to purchase the bad assets of U.S. financial giants for a mind-boggling sum of over $700 billion, the bailout of AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the golden parachutes of fatcat failed CEOs and earlier moves to successfully tighten bankruptcy rules prove beyond doubt – to even […]
For a country of a billion plus people, Indians are a sickeningly mediocre bunch. Our desis win few titles and hold very few world records. But one Indian has done us all proud. And the champion is Ashish Sharma, the king of watching movies. Pera Ketta Odane Chumma Athirudille (the name that sends a shiver […]