The monkeys are definitely calling the shots in the South Indian state of Karnataka. Not content with beating up girls for the sin of drinking in a pub, razing churches and threatening to derail Valentine’s Day celebrations, the modern-day descendants of the Hindu monkey-god Hanuman are now turning their ire against the late film legend Charlie […]
Hey guys, if you still haven’t watched Jon Stewart skewer the gasbag financial news network CNBC you are really missing something. Here’s an excerpt: If I’d only followed CNBC’s advice, I’d have a million dollars today provided I started with $100 million. – Comedian Jon Stewart. Related Links Jim Cramer gets F*&%$# by Jon Stewart
At times, I feel, we, the Indians, are bastard sons of God and Satan, acquiring the best of Satan and the worst of God… – Araj (a reader of the SearchIndia.com blog)
It’s Friday and we’re off to the movies. We’ll bring you the review later this evening. Till then, be good and don’t get into any mischief. 😉 We’ll have our iPhone with us and will be checking all comments.
What an irony! That the sparse possessions of the lifelong teetotaller Mahatma Gandhi, the man who organized anti-liquor protests and fought for the imposition of prohibition, should now end up up in the hands of a liquor baron. Gandhi’s few possessions like his eyeglasses, pocket watch and a pair of sandals that had lately become […]
We just received Satyajit Ray’s Charulata from Netflix. Released in 1964, Charulata features Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee and Soumitra Chatterjee. The Bengali movie is based on Rabindranath Tagore’s novella Nastanirh (The Broken Nest). Charulata is said to be Ray’s favorite movie. It was his 12th feature film. After we finish the movie, we’ll have a […]