Cash for Trash Proves America is a Plutocracy

The latest move by the crooked politicians in Washington to purchase the bad assets of U.S. financial giants for a mind-boggling sum of over $700 billion, the bailout of AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the golden parachutes of fatcat failed CEOs and earlier moves to successfully tighten bankruptcy rules prove beyond doubt – to even […]

Ashish Sharma Vows to Make Chutney of Movie Rivals

For a country of a billion plus people, Indians are a sickeningly mediocre bunch. Our desis win few titles and hold very few world records. But one Indian has done us all proud. And the champion is Ashish Sharma, the king of watching movies. Pera Ketta Odane Chumma Athirudille (the name that sends a shiver […]

Raman Thediya Seethai Review – Not Bad

After sitting through the nightmare of Cheran’s Mayakkannadi, we entered the theatre to watch Raman Thediya Seethai with low expectations and came out mildly satisfied. Featuring Cheran, Pasupathy, Vimala Raman, Nithin Sathya, Manivannan, Ramya Nambeesan, Karthika and Navya Nair, Raman Thediya Seethai represents optical media storage and home entertainment company Moser Baer’s first foray into movie production. […]

Where did Bollywood go Wrong?

The below post first took birth as a comment by a SearchIndia.com blog reader szm on the Bachna Ae Haseeno thread. To give it greater visibility, we are reproducing it below as a separate post. ————————————-  Dear Searchindia and all other bloggies Refering to the latest “offering” from the YRF camp, namely BAH (actually should be “BLAH”), […]

The Bicycle Thief – A Minor Italian Classic

In an age of $400 iPods, $300 iPhones and $200 Nikes, nobody gives a flying f*@# for a bicycle anymore. Not even a desperate Italian thief. But there was a time and day in Italy – in the not too distant past – when a bicycle was a big draw for a thief in Italy. […]

HP to Fire 25,000; How Many Thousands in India?

HP is firing 24,600 employees following its acquisition of EDS to “streamline the combined company’s services businesses.” While roughly half the job-cuts will come in the U.S., the remaining will be spread over several other countries and is sure to impact India too. The guillotine will drop on both EDS and HP employees. We don’t […]

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