On the few occasions I’ve watched Fareed Zakaria’s show on CNN, I’ve hated the bozo. His weekly shows on CNN are awful, even for those like yours truly who love to watch an Indian face on TV in America. Unlike my favorite yesteryear ABC journalist and TV host Sam Donaldson, Fareed Zakaria behaves like a […]
A federal jury in New York City today found former McKinsey chief Rajat Gupta guilty of insider trading. The jury convicted Gupta on three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy. A close business associate of the jailed hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, Gupta passed along confidential corporate information to Rajaratnam who then […]
Dharun Ravi’s parents Ravi Pazhani and Sabitha Pazhani lashed out at the media in the Middlesex County courthouse today during the sentencing hearing of their son in the Tyler Clementi webcam spying case. Addressing Judge Glenn Berman in the New Jersey court, Dharun’s father Ravi Pazhani said: Prosecutors are saying this trial is not about […]
Tamil youth Dharun Ravi will be an unhappy, unwilling guest of the American jail system for 30-days following his sentencing today in the Tyler Clementi webcam spying case. Victory for Dharun Unswayed by arguments made by Dharun’s attorney Philip Nettl that there had been a “miscarriage of justice,” Judge Glenn Berman today sentenced 20-year-old Dharun […]
Of the seven new IBM Fellows named today, two are desis. The two new IBM Fellows of Indian origin are Ruchir Puri of IBM Research at Yorktown Heights, NY and Balaram Sinharoy of the Systems and Technology Group in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Who are IBM Fellows? IBM Fellow is the computer company’s highest technical award to […]
2012 is proving to be annus horribilis for some Indians as they will soon be guests of the American prison system. First, it was Kharak Singh, who admitted to unlawful sexual contact and unlawful imprisonment, in a case that rocked Delaware. Singh got a one-year prison term. Then, the New Jersey peeping tom Dharun Ravi […]