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Bhavsar consistent, helps underdog team to bronze

By Santosh ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The U.S. men’s gymnasts team was not expected to win a medal but came away with a bronze after almost leading the contest at one stage. [Chron]
Bhavsar solid in medal performanceimg: via Chron
In the absence of stars [...]

India in top 15 of medal tally

By Santosh ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ One comment

This will probably change by the time our West Coast readers wake up on Tuesday so savor this while it lasts. India, thanks to Abhinav Bindra’s gold, is among the top 15 spots in the medal tally - higher than other traditional powers like Russia, France and Germany. [BBC]

Abhinav Bindra’s blog

By Santosh ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

A promise is a promise is a promise. We promised in an earlier post:
Rathore and another shooter Abhinav Bindra will also be part of a blogging initiative by Lenovo and will be frequently blogging during the games.
Of course, if and when we locate these blogs, we @ Über Desi will keep you updated.
It’s time. [The [...]

Indian-American manager of Dunkin Donuts shot dead

By Santosh ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Kanubhai Patel, 46, manager of a Dunkin Donuts in Ogletown, Delaware, was shot dead when he arrived at 4 a.m. to open the establishment. His body was discovered in the parking lot of a nearby skating rink by his wife and a friend. [Delaware Online]
Photo of the deceasedimg: via MyFox Philly [Video]

Indian govt hopes to make $10 laptop

By Santosh ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

You read it right, a laptop worth $10. [TOI] (tip Videsh via Tipster)
After the effort to build a $100 PC, which we featured here on Über Desi and Nicholas Negroponte’s $100 laptop scheme comes a brand new scheme by the HRD Ministry of India to build a $10 laptop. Unlike other grandiose government schemes this [...]

Fun stuff for Bollywood fans

By Santosh ⋅ August 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Dress Govinda. [India Today]

Gaudy Indian showing at opening ceremony

By Santosh ⋅ August 8, 2008 ⋅ One comment

I’m supposed to be getting into the “Olympic spirit”. Unfortunately (or otherwise, depending on your perspective), I lack the attention span/patience to sit through a clothing, dancing and firework extravaganza showcasing China or any other nation for that matter. This embarrassing presentation at the opening ceremony doesn’t help either. Perhaps, they were too busy preparing [...]

East side of Empire State building to don India colors

By Santosh ⋅ August 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Tonight in celebration of the countries participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, the Empire state building will be decked in the following colors by country: [Official page] [via]
North side:
Red/White/Blue - France
West side:
Red/Blue/White - Great Britain
South side:
Red/Red/Green - Portugal
East side:
Green/White/Orange - India
This display started yesterday with the four sides alternating between U.S. and Chinese colors. [...]

Dr. Sanjay Jha makes Motorola co-CEO

By Santosh ⋅ August 7, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Motorola announced Sanjay Jha as its new co-CEO and CEO of its Mobile Devices business. Jha comes over from another company in the same business, he was COO of Qualcomm.
A few interesting factoids: [VCCircle]
-”Motorola will split into two independent, publicly traded companies, thus separating its struggling mobile-phone business from its broadband and mobility-solutions operations”
-As you [...]

Best used cars for fuel economy

By Santosh ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Consumer Reports list for “best used cars for fuel economy” consists of mostly used Hondas and Toyotas. Credit the desi contingent for being way ahead of the curve.

Über Desi is desi virginity central?

By Santosh ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

Over the past months, I’ve observed with great interest the increase in number of searches with the keyword “virgin” that lead to our humble blog. [thanks Google Analytics]
It all starts with some poor unsuspecting soul typing in the keyword “desi virgin” on google and hitting the search button. For some weird reason, UberDesi.com shows up [...]

Convenience store clerk shot dead in Arizona

By Santosh ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Inder Jit Jassal, a 62 year old 7-Eleven convenience store clerk, was shot in cold blood by a man who walked in with two kids. The shooting seems to have happened in the presence of the kids. The perpetrator has an extensive police record. Authorities are exploring drugs and alcohol but supposedly have dropped the [...]

Indian Intelligence Agencies, anything but?

By Santosh ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Following the recent terrorist attacks on Bangalore and Ahmedabad, one can be forgiven for wondering what purpose do the intelligence agencies, Intelligence Bureau (IB) for internal intelligence and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for foreign operations, serve if they’re clueless about such threats. The BBC has a telling commentary on the (lack of) intelligence in [...]

Traitor

By Santosh ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The upcoming blockbuster, Traitor, which features über actor, Don Cheadle (Crash, Hotel Rwanda), as a special operative working with terrorists who gets caught on the wrong side of the law.
The movie has a couple of desis playing significant parts. Bombay-bred Brit, Archie Panjabi (East is East, Bend it like Beckham), plays opposite Don Cheadle [...]

Nitin Sawhney featuring Paul McCartney - My Soul

By Santosh ⋅ August 5, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Sir McCartney has come out with a collaboration with Nitin Sawhney titled “My Soul”. [TOI]
News reports allege this song is dedicated to Paul McCartney’s now former wife Heather Mills but the video features McCartney’s first wife, Linda. The number has a distinctly desi flavor to it and the video with its cheesy 80s flavor would [...]

Caption the Indian cricket team

By Santosh ⋅ August 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

We @ Über Desi have unearthed the reasons for the sudden change in the fortunes of the Indian cricket team. (tip Sidhu via email)
Lets see who can come up with the funniest caption.

Watch a movie, win Rs. 500,000?

By Santosh ⋅ August 3, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Ram Gopal Varma is offering Rs. 5 lakh (around $12,000) for anyone who will watch his latest horror movie, Phoonk (warning: graphic link). [ET]
Here’s the catch: “The condition is simple - anyone who wants to win Rs 5 lakh has to watch the film from start to finish, without getting out of the theatre“. I [...]

Desi stores broken into, not burglarized

By Santosh ⋅ August 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A weird incident happened at some Orlando, FL, area stores selling Indian and South Asian goods. [Local 6 Orlando]
According to Orange County sheriff’s deputies, “mole entry” was made into the House of Spice from its roof and four other businesses were accessed when the assailants broke through drywall.
The “mole trail” ended at the Rivaz Jewelry [...]

US can seize travellers laptops

By Santosh ⋅ August 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Traveling between US and Canada with your personal or office notebook computer? Think again. Homeland Security has issued broad and sweeping powers to border security agents empowering them to seize travelers’ laptops and other electronic devices without suspicion of any wrongdoing for an unspecified period of time. It is unclear at this stage if this [...]

American director to make Bollywood ichhadaari snake movie

By Santosh ⋅ August 1, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Finally a story worthy enough for Über Desi. [HT]
“Do I make you horny, baby?“img: via HT
Just so this post does not come off an inside joke, a lil’ Über Desi history lesson for the curious minded. Unlike other blogs, forums, websites and what have you, Über Desi was the brainchild of two drunk FOBs and [...]

Desi @ Olympics: Indian shooting team

By Santosh ⋅ July 31, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Indian sharpshooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was featured among Time magazine’s 100 olympic athletes to watch. [Time]
Will Rathore be on target?img: via Time
In fact, the entire contingent of sharp shooters have high hopes going into the games. [IBN]
Headed by Rathore, the team consists of Samresh Jung who was pretty successful at the Commonwealth games, former shooting [...]

Why so serious: The Dark Knight delves into politics?

By Santosh ⋅ July 31, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Hollywood directors have long been (in)famous for inserting their political leanings into their works of art, some not so subtle, think Oliver Stone, and some far more subtle. Christopher Nolan, falls in the latter, by design or otherwise, with the movie that is poised to be the greatest revenue grosser of all time.
*** Minor spoilers [...]

Desi @ Olympics: The Indian boxing squad

By Santosh ⋅ July 30, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

BBC’s Against the Odds series features an Indian athlete who made it to Olympics in the face of overwhelming odds. [BBC]
The desi Rocky Balboasimg: via Hindu
Most professional sports in India, with the lone exception of cricket, offer little incentives for budding youngsters to follow that sport. Boxing is one such neglected sport in India. So [...]

Doggy style meets Bollywood ishtyle (Update)

By Santosh ⋅ July 30, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

By now you’ve probably heard of the Snoop Dogg venture into Bollywood. [People] (tip Jennie via email)
Snoop is Singh?img: via People
When we heard of this we started scrambling for potential headlines. We’re not the type that settles with lame cheesy headlines lines like “East meets West”. So we settled for the edgier: “Doggy style meets [...]

Disney to distribute “Taare Zameen Par” DVDs

By Santosh ⋅ July 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The distribution in US, UK and other major western markets for Aamir Khan’s “Taare Zameen Par” will be handled by Walt Disney World. [Yahoo!]
This is for the first time that any Hollywood distribution company has bought the Home Video rights of an Indian movie to be released in the mainstream market overseas. Disney will release [...]

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