Over the years, we’ve watched countless Bollywood, Tamil, Hollywood and other foreign language movies. Here are some of the movies we loved: Amirtham (Tamil) Anbe Sivam (Tamil) Anniyan (Tamil) Aradhana (Hindi) Bicycle Thief (Italian) Blame it on Fidel (French) Black (Hindi) Bobby (Hindi) Bourne Ultimatum Brokeback Mountain Casablanca – Oh, how we loved Ingrid & […]
Transcendental Meditation guru Mahesh Yogi has died. The 91-year-old Indian died at his home in Netherlands, a month after he stepped down as head of his vast organization and retired into silence. Mahesh Yogi’s followers included the Beatles, Mia Farrow, Beach Boy, Mike Love and British singer Donovan. Many summers ago, we attended a short […]
In a monumental act of kindness, Microsoft said Monday that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) would be available to customers of the operating system in March. Service packs are usually a collection of bug fixes and improvements that Microsoft puts out for major programs such as its operating systems. According to a blog posting on […]
And you thought Mumbai was part of India. Don’t tell that to Mumbai politician Raj Thackeray and his goons. Indian newspapers are full of reports that North Indians (particularly those from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Mumbai are being attacked by supporters of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a regional political party founded by Raj Thackeray […]
A worthless piece of trash, Indiralogathil Na Azhagappan is sheer agony to endure. Since we’ve enjoyed Vadivelu’s comedy for several years, it was with a great deal of excitement and anticipation that we headed to the Newark Screens theater in Newark, NJ on Saturday to watch Indiralogathil Na Azhagappan. Oh, what a horrendous nightmare it turned […]
Indian food owes its attraction to the rich amalgam of spices and, of course, the hot chilies that go into its famed curries. Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) brings us news of an Indian chili called Bhut Jolokia that is supposedly 200 times hotter than jalapeño pepper. Apparently, Bhut Jolokia is the world’s hottest chili […]