Soon as Mud came out on DVD yesterday, I reserved the disc online at RedBox and rushed to the kiosk to pick it up. Since I missed it at the theaters (reason: Mud did not have a wide-enough release), I was eagerly waiting for the film to land on DVD. After watching Mud, I can […]
The Indian-American stranglehold over the Spelling Bee competition continues with Arvind Mahankali winning the 2013 Bee cup today. Arvind’s winning word was “knaidel.” This is Arvind’s fourth shot at the Bee cup. The young lad placed ninth in 2010, finished in third place in both 2011 and 2012 and was the hot favorite this year. […]
Shocking! Things are not looking good for the Indian community in America. A mere eight of the 11 finalists for the 2013 Spelling Bee competition are Indian-Americans. The eight Indian-Americans, along with three others, represent one millionth of 1% of the initial contenders (the competition started off with 11 million participants around the world). Here […]
Following a grueling preliminary round, 16 Indian-Americans made it to the 2013 Spelling Bee semifinals. A total of 42 youngsters passed the tough initial rounds today to enter the semifinals (about 35% of the semifinalists are of Indian origin). There were 45 Indian kids in the preliminary rounds. Here’s the list of 16 Indians who […]
Bars and pubs in Novi (Michigan) will likely be full Saturday, May 25 as policemen and FBI agents celebrate the capture and extradition of deadly Telugu bidda and international fugitive Lakshminivasa Rao Nerusu to face murder charges. Notorious Telugu bidda Lakshminivasa Rao Nerusu is forcibly being hauled back to the U.S. from his homeland India […]
Update: Telugu Bidda Arvind Mahankali is 2013 Spelling Bee Champion Here’s my prediction for the 2013 Spelling Bee contest. If it’s not a Dum Biryani (Telugu), it’ll be an Idli-Sambar (Tamil) who will take the top honors at the 2013 Spelling Bee championship. The 86th Spelling Bee competition will take place from May 28-30 at […]