Indian ‘slumdog’ Latika aka Freida Pinto (of Slumdog Millionaire fame) may be a pretty girl. But the reviews for Freida Pinto’s new film Miral, which is set for release here in the U.S. on March 25, 2011, are definitely not pretty. In fact, the reviews for Miral are downright ugly. Set in the Middle East, […]
By Naveen We were in Milwaukee on Friday evening to pick up a cousin. When we saw him arrive with a “where is food” look on his face, we decided to dine at Maharaja Restaurant (4 stars in Yelp) on 1550 N.Farwell Ave. Located in downtown Milwaukee, Maharaja has its own FREE parking right across […]
Much as we passionately love Indian food, every once in a while even we need a pause from our desi staples of Tandoori Chicken, Masala Dosa, Palak Paneer and Gulab Jamun. So, off we headed to the fast-casual Portuguese-Mozambican restaurant chain Nando’s Peri-Peri in Annapolis (MD) yesterday. Our interest in Nando’s was piqued by SI […]
This morning we watched the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup inaugural ceremony live in the U.S. Here’s SI’s experience: First, we logged on to Willow.tv ($129 for worldcup package) on the PC/web at 7:12AM ET a couple of minutes before start of the ceremonies. No issues, went through smoothly. But we were keen on watching […]
(For the beer-swilling SI Blog reader Gandhiji) Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker. – Ogden Nash Idle minds mouths will drink anything. 😉 As many of our readers have hinted on occasion, time hangs heavily on our hands. So when a SI blog reader brought up Arrogant Bastard beer last night, we were game […]
(Whoops, we almost forgot to acknowledge Boops here) I’d rather die a man rather than live for an eternity as a machine. – Robin Williams’ character Andrew Martin in the closing minutes of Bicentennial Man (1999) As all but the schmucks know, the recent Tamil blockbuster Enthiran was a piece of shit badly regurgitated from […]