Shahrukh Khan Stopped at US Airport Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan does not like America, according to an interview he gave recently to the The Times (of London not the Mumbai rag Times of India). Shahrukh Khan minced no words about America in his interview with Anil Sinanan, Times Bollywood Film Critic: I don’t like America. […]
Pakistanis have dealt a crushing defeat to dictator and President Pervez Musharraf in the elections held Monday. Many of Musharraf’s cronies were defeated in the elections. The New York Times said Monday in its online edition: From unofficial results the private news channel, Aaj Television, forecast that the Pakistan Peoples Party would win 110 seats […]
Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan are not great actors, says the New York Times. That Aishwarya Rai is a less than mediocre actress is known to all serious Bollywood fans. Do we need the New York Times to tell us that? Hrithik Roshan is a few shades better than Aishwarya Rai. But to be fair […]
Jodhaa Akbar is an epic bore athough it’s touted as an epic love story of Mughal Emperor Akbar and Rajput princess Jodhaa, daughter of Raja Barmal, a minor king from a small state called Amer. Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker (of Lagaan fame), Jodhaa Akbar never once scales lofty heights but struggles in the quicksand of […]
After days of dilly-dallying, the Mumbai Police finally gathered the courage to arrest Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who has been inciting locals against Mumbai residents who hail from other states of India like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Raj Thackeray, who is the nephew of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, was arrested on Wednesday after a […]
American auto giant General Motors has reported a mega-loss of $38.7 billion in 2007. The massive loss was mostly due to three reasons: * A charge related to unused tax credits in the third quarter * GM produces some of the crappiest cars that no one wants to buy * Decades of poor management GM’s […]