We’ve never been great fans of Indian IT giant Wipro’s Chairman Azim Premji. But tonight, as we slowly sip our White Russian into a stupor the old man Premji is our hero. Really. In a blistering attack penned in an Indian newspaper, Premji belatedly questions in rhetorical style the wisdom of a poor country like […]
Of course, where there are Indians there’s bound to be something weird lurking in the background. Isn’t that why we call the country Incredible India. 😉 Sui Generis Exports When it comes to exports, you can’t beat Indians. You see, India has always been very aggressive and at the front of the line. No matter, […]
Only in Incredible India. Folks, only in Incredible India can a 60-year-old buffoon who cannot speak Hindi or English (the two official languages of the country and of Parliament) and to boot a first-time Member of Parliament, become a Central Cabinet Minister. Yes, we’re talking of the buffoon M.K.Azhagiri a.k.a M.K.Alagiri, India’s Union Minister for […]
(For SI blog reader Racer44) As we’ve said time and again, everything in India is different. Be it the notion of honor, treatment of women, matters of love, poverty, child labor or corruption, in all of these and more India is sui generis. Mostly for the worse. Hell, even a simple English word encounter has […]
Sick f*cks. 🙁 Where? Of course, in Incredible India. After the end of the Nazi era, where else would all the Sick f*cks of the world congregate, schmuck. Haven’t we said that ad nauseum, ad infinitum? We can’t open the Indian newspapers these days without reading of another sick, blood-chilling account of a ‘honor killing.’ […]
Life is cheap in India. Real cheap. Particularly, the lives of the poor and helpless. Some 15,000-20,000 people died and another 200,000-600,000 were injured in the worst industrial disaster in India triggered by the carelessness of Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemicals) when deadly methyl isocyanate gas escaped from the company’s plant and wafted […]