Even by the bizarre theatrical standards of entertainers these days, American pop queen Lady Gaga is sui generis for her outrageous attire and antics (she came to the Grammys function in a huge egg carried by four men). Upon seeing Lady Gaga in her de rigueur skimpy attire, the late night TV host David Letterman […]
To the long list of crimes the British are guilty of against Indians, let’s add one more – Virginity tests on dozens of Indian girls. According to an AP story, the British High Commission conducted tests on 73 women in New Delhi and nine in Bombay between 1976 and 1979. The reason offered for conducting […]
Dedicated to SI Blog Reader Naveen 😉 OMG, OMG, we’re so thrilled. Just can’t contain our excitement, folks. Uncork the champagne, sound the bugle, break the coconut. Get Poonam Pandey to do her all-natural act. Time for celebration! Yahooo! Yippeeee! 😛 😛 The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Nilesh Dasondi, owner of Sterling […]
If we don’t see any other movies this year, we’ll shed no tears. No, none at all. For we’ve seen the Spanish language masterpiece Biutiful and our cup of joy overfloweth. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (of Amores Perros and Babel fame) and featuring the peerless Javier Bardem, Biutiful is a movie that left us […]
* Padma Shri for having babies? – Bollywood actress Kajol has received a Padma Shri award from the Government of India. The only noteworthy thing Kajol has done in the last decade is to have two babies. Say, do they award Padma Shris in India for having babies? Another actress Tabu also won the Padma […]
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 […]