One of the greatest fictions of all time is the existence of God. In our view, this God phenomenon, whether Ram, Jesus, Allah or any of the other lesser known mutants, is an enduring nonsense the likes of which has never been seen on Planet Earth. Despite the lack of any compelling evidence to prove […]
The latest issue of New Yorker magazine (Oct 6, 2008) has an HSBC commercial banking ad on P.30 which claims that in Punjab washing machines are not used just for laundry. Apparently, washing machines are also used in the North Indian state of Punjab as a yoghurt blender to make that delicious drink all Indians […]
As Indians, movies and music are never far from us. Indians, whether in the homeland or in distant lands like U.S., Canada, Australia or New Zealand spend countless hours either listening to songs or watching movies. And we are no different from the herd. Here are some of the songs we are listening to/watching these days […]
Why, Oh Why, Does Amitabh Bachchan Wear a Wig? Our favorite Gabriel Garcia Marquez character Florentino Ariza (Love in the Time of Cholera) was not the only one to worry about losing hair and to try every potion and pomade in a futile battle against that great scourge of men everywhere – baldness. Indians through the […]
Bomb blasts rocked parts of western India Saturday evening (21:30 IST) leaving five persons dead and another 80 injured. The latest wave of violence struck the communal tinderbox town of Malegaon in the state of Maharashtra and Modasa in Gujarat. Bomb blasts are becoming a sad fact of life in India. Last week, bomb blasts […]
One boy was killed and at least 14 injured in a bomb blast in a Mehrauli flower market of South Delhi on Saturday around 2:15PM local time. Early reports suggest that the explosive was hidden in a polythene packet and planted by two motor cyclists. The bomb exploded when a young boy picked up the packet killing