Asingamana Tamil Magan would be a more apt name for this repellent farce of a movie featuring Vijay in a double role opposite the young Delhi girl Shriya Saran. Abomination Par Excellence Even in the long gone days of silent movies, film-makers would not dare to unleash an abomination like Azhagiya Tamil Magan on viewers. […]
Some 58 million Indians will languish without access to electricity in the year 2030, according to the World Energy Outlook 2007 figures released today. According to the World Energy Outlook figures put out by the International Energy Agency, the share of India’s population without access to electricity will fall from 38% to 4%. Since the […]
Stung by persistent criticism of Hindu activists that Christian missionaries in India are pressuring and inducing poor Hindus to convert to Christianity, the Vatican threw the gauntlet at Hindus on the eve of the Diwali festival. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue said on Monday: Belief and freedom always go […]
India’s Tata Motors Ltd is said to be in the leading position to acquire Ford’s struggling Jaguar and Land Rover units. The folks at the Wall Street Journal say that besides Tata, firm bids were received from Ripplewood Holdings LLC of New York and One Equity Partners (a unit of JP Morgan Chase). The WSJ […]
The head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE)Â Political Division S.P. Tamilselvan was killed in a Sri Lankan Air Force aerial bombardment on Friday at 6.00 AM local time, according to a LTTE web site. A note on the LTTE web site said:Â With deep sorrow we announce to the people of Tamil Eelam, […]
We think Bobby Jindal is a disgrace and brings much shame to the Indian-American community. And shame to Louisiana as well, the unfortunate U.S. state of which Bobby will soon be its next Governor. Of course, many Desis in the U.S. will disagree. They are pleased as punch that Bobby will become the first Indian-American […]