Just this morning, an Indian friend was gushing about the (almost) free text messaging app WhatsApp (costs $1 a year after the first free year). My buddy was blah-blahing about how useful WhatsApp was during his peripatetic travels. And in an odd coincidence, a few hours later I learned India was the biggest market for […]
The Good News for Macaw Fans – Web site design tool Macaw is ready for download and use. The Bad News for Macaw Fans – Macaw is ready for download and use. Sweetie, there’s no contradiction there. Macaw is a much anticipated product thanks to a phenomenal response on the crowd funding platform Kickstarter in […]
In a strong rejoinder, the U.S. government has vehemently opposed a recent motion by Mallu crook Mathew Martoma for acquittal or retrial. A former portfolio manager at SAC hedge fund, Mathew Martoma was convicted by a New York jury on February 6, 2014 on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy. Martoma […]
Able leaders anticipate events, prepare for them, and act in time to shape them. My career in business and politics has exposed me to scores of people in leadership positions, only a few of whom actually have these qualities. Some simply cannot envision the future and are thus unpleasantly surprised when it arrives. Some simply […]
It looks like Long Island Telugu native Purnachandra Reddy Aramalla, 65, is trying to cut a deal with federal prosecutors in the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York. Aramalla, who owns pharmacies in Queens and the Bronx in New York, was arrested on December 12, 2013 and charged […]
If all goes well, a pretty British angel Tabs Breese will bring the colorful South Indian transgendered people a.k.a. Hijras to life by way of a 90-minute documentary film. Breese’s goal is to follow three Hijras to the Koothandavar Festival in Koovagam village (near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu) where thousands of transgendered people gather every […]