Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One Opens to Poor Reviews

King Khan’s super hero movie Ra.One has drawn ho-hum reviews from Indian critics. Here are excerpts from a bunch of Indian critics: NDTV But, on the whole, RA.One is far too derivative to take anybody except the most gullible of moviegoers… But, sorry, this isn’t ‘the next level’ of Hindi cinema, let alone superhero flicks. […]

Indian Techie Develops Brain Like Chip at IBM

An Indian techie Dharmendra Modha is leading an initiative at IBM to develop a chip (microprocessor) that mimics the functioning of the human brain. Describing the new microprocessor as cognitive computing chips, IBM researchers say they will emulate the brain’s abilities for perception, action and cognition. An experimental version of the chip has already been […]

Rise of Planet of the Apes – A Champ of a Chimp Film

No It is the stunning, startling No that will be heard by moviegoers around the world this weekend and rake in hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. And deservedly so. For never has a No carried so much weight. Particularly for the human race. After all, Caesar has said No! Fine Entertainer […]

Cowboys and Aliens Review – Ridiculous Garbage

By Naveen If any of you biped smart-asses out there think only Bollywood clowns and Kollywood swines are capable of unleashing mind-numbing trash on unsuspecting moviegoers then you’d better think again. Jon Favreau (Director) has proved to y’all simpletons that Hollywood is second to none when it comes to putting forth sophomoric drivel. Synopsis Jake […]

Americans Beat Coolies at Web Programming

When it comes to web programming or any kind of programming, a lot of people tend to instinctively think of the Coolies aka Indians. The fraud-laden H1B, B1 and L1 Visa programs, large-scale outsourcing to India and Coolie factories like Infosys, Wipro and TCS have made Indians synonymous with programming skills. Increasingly, Indians are held […]

Great Soul by Joseph Lelyveld – Chapter 2

In all fairness, Chapter 2 of Lelyveld’s book Great Soul should rightly be described as the Latrine and Feces Chapter given its preoccupation with turds. So, if you are the sort that gets a hard-on by how Gandhi was repulsed by the stench of the human shit at the Calcutta session of the Indian National […]

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