God save India. But which God? We have the Sun God, Monkey God, Elephant God, Snake God and now it seems India has a Visa God too, going by a story in today’s Wall Street Journal. The Chilkur Balaji temple near the South Indian city of Hyderabad has established a reputation among believers of Lord […]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s gutsy daughter Amrit Singh, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union in New York City, is needling the Bush administration again on the torture issue. This time, Amrit Singh, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants Rights Project, attacked the Bush administration the other day on the CIA tape […]
Just read an interesting news item in DNA – Indians are forking out as much as Rs 1 crore ($250,000) to Shah Rukh Khan and other Bollywood celebrities to sing/dance at their functions and shake hands with their guests. Here’s an excerpt from the DNA piece: Shah Rukh Khan may not agree to do a […]
Indian perfume millionaires Mahender Muralidhar Sabhnani and his wife Varsha Mahender Sabhnani were found guilty by a New York jury of forced labor, harboring illegal immigrants, involuntary servitude and conspiracy charges in a high-profile case dubbed by prosecutors as “a case of modern day slavery.” The Sabhnanis, who live in a multi-million dollar home in Muttontown, a wealthy […]
A new poll published after President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule on November 3, 2007 shows that two-thirds of Pakistanis want him to quit while 70% feel the country is headed in the wrong direction. Conducted by the U.S.-based International Republican Institute, the poll casts a harsh spotlight on Musharraf with 67% calling for the […]
Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace social networking web site is chasing after Bollywood stars as it expands into new geographies. Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that MySpace is sending its employees to meet with Bollywood folks in hopes of getting the stars to create profiles and share news and videos with fans. MySpace’s Bollywood mission […]