For as long as we can remember, we’ve been under the spell of eloquent writers and speakers. And Bartlett’s was our vade mecum, a book we repeatedly borrowed from our local library. On good days and on bad days, we dipped into the heavy tome to great delight. So when we saw favorable reviews of […]
For a TV channel that’s supposed to have a major presence in India, NDTV’s application for the iPhone 4 has turned out to be a mighty big disappointment. We downloaded the application sometime back and have been playing with it on and off for the last few days. The version we’re running on our iPhone […]
It’s around 8:30PM here on the East Coast on a Friday evening. Hell, we’re already half-way through our first glass of White Russian and listening to Usher’s new song OMG from the album Raymond v. Raymond. So what if the critics don’t like it. Who gives a f*ck. We like the song mucho. We do. […]
(For SI blog reader Fugitive143) Eureka! Yeah, finding an Indian restaurant in New Jersey that serves palatable edible fare is cause for celebration these days. Such is the severity of the drought that has struck the Indian culinary landscape in these parts. But boy did we strike gold with iSpice in North Brunswick (on Aaron […]
On the occasion of Google’s new Nexus One mobile phone launch, Apple jabbed Google sharply in the eye, touting the immense popularity of its App Store, which shows no sign of slowing down. Au contraire, the Apple App Store seems to be gaining momentum. App Store is a digital media repository for a variety of […]
Well, well, who’d have thought this. An Indian-born Columbia University economist as president of the United States Soccer Federation. Born in Allahabad, Sunil Gulati grew up in Nebraska, studied at Columbia, worked at the World Bank and is now president of the United States Soccer Federation. Oh, our desi also teaches at Columbia. Interesting, na? […]