One of the most awaited Tamil movies of 2007 – Billa – is finally hitting the big screen on December 14 (Click here for Billa movie showtimes in USA). Featuring Ajith, Nayantara and Namitha, the new Billa is a remake of the old Billa (itself a remake of the Hindi film Don) starring Rajnikant and Sripriya. The […]
Like an uxorious husband, we are inordinately fond of Latin. We’ve been dropping Latin phrases into our spoken and written English for as long as we can remember. Besides making us seem smarter than we really are, Latin has a certain cachet that plain vanilla English lacks. SearchIndia.com will bring you some of our favorite Latin expressions. […]
We remember it all as if it happened just yesterday. But it was actually 1992. IBM reentered India through a joint venture with the Indian conglomerate Tata called Tata Information Systems Ltd (subsequently changed to Tata-IBM and later to IBM after Tata and IBM parted ways in 1999). And Mike Klein, the Bullet motorcycle-riding IBM expat, […]
Incredible India Bus in Midtown Manhattan Hey look, India is all over New York these days. Gujjus, Telugus, Tamils, Sardars, Mallus and Marathis, you can see all of them and more varieties of Desis in New York. From the many Hindu Temples in Queens and Long Island to the scores of mostly lousy Indian restaurants to […]
Vikram Pandit is the favorite to be named as CEO of struggling financial giant Citigroup. Reporting that Citigroup would name a CEO soon, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) said in its Saturday edition: The front-runner is Vikram Pandit, who currently oversees Citigroup’s investment bank and alternative-investments businesses, the people said. That would fill the […]
U.S. Jaguar car dealers are opposed to selling the premium Jaguar brand to an Indian company saying that it would screw the brand’s luxury image. Two Indian companies Tata and Mahindra have expressed interest in acquiring the Jaguar brand from Ford. Ken Gorin, Chairman of the Jaguar Business Operations Council, a group representing Jaguar car […]