A.R.Rahman Wins Golden Globe; Hooray

Noted Indian music director A.R.Rahman has won the Original Score Golden Globe award for Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman is the first Indian to win the Golden Globe.  In his acceptance speech, Rahman, a legend in his country, thanked the billion people of India. What a shame the idiot presenter at Golden Globes couldn’t even pronounce Rahman’s name […]

Acme of Rasams – Swagath in Edison, NJ

Never have our lips touched such Rasam. It’s snowing outside…here we are drinking the acme of Tomato Rasams at Swagath (Oak Tree Rd), Edison, NJ 08820. Hot & Tangy & Spicy – ah, sheer Nirvana. Just right for this cold weather too. We must have done a lot of good deeds to deserve this. All […]

Chandni Chowk to China Review – Wild Ride

 by Sonny Chatrath Chandni Chowk Review – Slit Your Wrists, Akshay It’s not very often that the wife, and I get to get a night out on the town, so we were really thrilled to receive two VIP passes to the advance screening of this much anticipated chuckle a minute spoof from the renowned director […]

Strippers Seek $5b Bailout

Well, it was inevitable. The clown princes on Wall Street got it. Then the auto bozos in Detroit got it. Now the porn stars are demanding it. Yes, the porn industry is crying out for a piece of the bailout pie that we’ve been so lavishly spreading around lately. They want all of $5 billion. God Bless America. […]

Naxal Babus Slow to Embrace Broadband

Looks like our Naxal troglodytes are slow to see the attraction of broadband Internet access. Yes, our Bengali babus are lagging badly in the adoption of broadband. Why is broadband penetration low in West Bengal compared to states with lesser population? Are these luddites forever listening to Rabindra Sangeet or eternally preparing for the dictatorship […]

World’s Greatest Political Scientist Samuel Huntington Dead

Controversial Harvard professor Samuel P.Huntington, in our view the world’s greatest political scientist after Plato, has died. To those of you who may never have heard of Samuel Huntington, he was the the author who made the phrase Clash of Civilizations famous. While Huntington has been in the limelight recently after he wrote his famous […]