Soon after I read Brotherly Love, the poignant story of two brothers Subhash and Udayan, in the New Yorker (June 10, 2013), I became eager to read Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland from which the short story is excerpted. Fast forward three months. I’ve read The Lowland. Death – Not the End Spanning four generations and […]
No, Krrish 3 is not swoonworthy fare. Merely, the best in the Krrish series of super-hero films and one of the rare endurable Bollywood movies. Super-Hero Meets Super-Villain Krrish 3 outclasses other Indian super-hero films like Krrish 2, Enthiran and Ra-One in four respects: * Super-villain Kaal (Vivek Oberoi) is an unusual character with an interesting […]
Misery rains down on Indians in diverse forms. Mine came trekking all the way from the People’s Republic of Rotten Movies (a.k.a. Kollywood) bearing the infantile title Arrambam (Beginning). Arrambam debuted at several theaters in the U.S. Wednesday evening and I sat through the punishing ordeal of watching the premiere show at a theatre on […]
Ajith Kumar’s Arrambam has opened to a decent response. About 70 people in the hall at a theatre on the East Coast (U.S.) People are still trickling in. Movie should start in about five minutes, i.e. at 9PM Eastern Time. Update – 1 Interval – 10:10PM Plain awful so far. The central theme of movie […]
Just leave your not wanted here hope your journey brings you death stupid American (sic) – Death threat found on Infosys whistleblower Jay Palmer’s work desktop computer in 2011 after he filed a suit against the Indian software outsourcing company Ha, ha, ha! The “stupid American” Jay Palmer is having the last laugh today, at […]
Telugu bidda Raghunandan Yandamuri’s recent bombshell decision to fire his state-appointed attorney and argue his murder and kidnapping case himself has left the court authorities stumped in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The trial of Raghunandan Yandamuri, who is charged with the murders of 61-year-old Satyavathi Venna and her 10-month-old granddaughter Saanvi Venna and a litany of […]