2008 was an eventful year. America went into an economic depression. Indian firms started feeling the heat, and layoffs are a routine affair now. Mumbai saw the worst terror attacks India has ever seen. America got a new and very dynamic leader in Barrack Obama. India sent a mission to the moon. India managed...
Every once in a while, you come across movies that stay with you. Movies that make you think. Movies where you pause between mouthfuls of popcorn to actually absorb whats going on. Every once in a while, we see a movie such as Slumdog Millionaire. The movie is a Hollywood movie based in India,...
Remember those days when you loved chewing gum? You could go on and on for hours at stretch, before finally getting sick and tired of having the rubbery piece travel between the various extremities of your mouth. Sometimes film makers do that with movies. And we get Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. It starts...
I was a lone ranger Doing my blogging thing I worked through the fall Kept going into the spring I wrote short stories I talked about current news I cribbed about Indian politicians Sometimes went overboard with my views I am funnily sarcastic I am sarcastically fun Just getting started Far from being done...
…do not do as the tourists do. Unless you want to stick out like a sore thumb. Like Arundhati Roy at an RSS morning meeting. Like Jaya Bachchan in Raj Sabha. Like, umm, a tourist in New york. New Yorkers are cruel people. They will bite you. They will trample you. They will take...
The onset of fall season brings out a phenomenon i believe doesn’t happen in India, we being a semi tropical country. The colors of fall. Vibrant hues of red, yellow, orange, green. A smorgasbord of colors. Leaves on trees start acquiring bright, beautiful colors. It is their way of saying goodbye. In a few...
Are you an Indian? If yes, take a minute and cheer for yourself. You may not realize it, but Life is pretty G.O.O.D. India is blossoming. Indian industry is growing. India is prospering. As they liked saying, India is Shining. Need more reasons? Here, you cynical Indian, are some reasons to be proud of...
The drama continues… Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said it was the “obligation” of the world community to ensure that perpetrators of the “horrible” crime are brought to justice Singh said India will await the “outcome” of its message to the world before deciding on future course of action with regard to Pakistan....
Ever since 9/11 happened seven years ago, we have seen several hate crimes committed against Sikhs, ostensibly due to the much portrayed image of the Taliban supremo. People have historically committed mistakes in identifying/recognizing people, but what do you do when Sikhs start being called Arabs? Of course, why all Arabs should be discriminated...
