Why are you ever in a hurry? A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry, because he knows that whatever he does in a hurry, he must necessarily do very ill. He may be in haste to dispatch an affair, but he will care not to let that […]
Som Mittal, chief of India’s software association Nasscom, has lost the battle to prevent the Obama administration from going ahead with a Border Security bill funded by imposing higher fees on H1B Visas used by Indian IT companies. U.S. President Obama signed the $600 million bill Friday. The bill is expected to fund an additional […]
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 a TV channel that’s supposed to have a major presence in India, NDTV’s application for the iPhone 4 has turned out to be a mighty big disappointment. We downloaded the application sometime back and have been playing with it on and off for the last few days. The version we’re running on our iPhone […]
(For SI Blog reader Pippa) We can’t stand the Big Business-friendly Republicans but in this instance we’re with them. No Mosque in the Ground Zero area or even downtown Manhattan. As best as we know, you can’t build a Church/Synagogue/Mandir/Gurdwara in any of the Muslim nations and to even think of building a mosque in […]
Even kids like Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor are doing better than Akshay Kumar at the box office these days, so much better . In the second weekend at the U.S. box office, the kids’ I Hate Luv Storys did more business than Akshay’s Khatta Meetha in the second weekend. Folks, the second weekend U.S. […]