Burmese blogs cover cyclone news

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Nargis in Urdu means “flower”. In Burmese, it probably means something that cannot be repeated in front of your family. Cyclone Nargis has an official death toll of 23,000 but estimates say it could be anywhere as […]

American Student ‘Twitters’ his way out of Egyptian jail

I’m not a big “Twitter”er mainly because of lack of time and dedication to that medium. Here’s an amazing story of how a student from the US who was arrested in Egypt “twitter”ed his way out of jail, literally. [link] (tip Runa via email)
The part of this story I found most interesting:
“James’ case is particularly […]

Is ‘08 the Year of the Tatas?

The last couple of months have seen a bunch of India related news snippets in the automotive media. The three major auto blogs that i subscribe to, Autoblog, Jalopnik and The Truth about Cars have all devoted multiple posts to India related subjects recently. While the Nano and the Jaguar/Land Rover sale have gotten the […]

Those Nigerians man

After scamming noobs on the internet asking for their bank account information, the Nigerian ‘businessmen’ got smarter. Soon they were creating fake websites and phishing information from unsuspecting customers, asking E-Bay sellers to part with their goods and now they are after Tata Nanos.
Jalopnik, one of the regular feeds I have subscribed to […]

Technical difficulties galore (Update: Fixed)

As you probably noticed by now, your friendly neighborhood blog, Ãœber Desi, is experiencing a bunch of technical difficulties. We’re working overtime on resolving these - we’ve ordered the authorities at Siddhivinayak to offer a 1000 coconuts to Lord Ganesh. As backup plan, we’ve also order a shawl for Ajmer, our contacts in Chennai are […]

Saudi Arabia detains popular blogger

Saudi authorities have detained a popular blogger for violating the kingdom’s laws, a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. It was the first known arrest of a Saudi online critic. The blogger, Fouad al-Farhan, was being questioned by security authorities, Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Monsour al-Turki said. He added the blogger might be released […]

Kiran Bedi blogs

We were sad and upset that the only person who could ’stick it to the man’ quit her job, but today we have better news [Via SM news tab]. Kiran Bedi has started to blog. Now if we could cajole her to guest blog here…

Uber guest bloggers: High Heel Confidential

It was a bright sunny morning about a month ago. One of our readers (Thanks Priyanka) sent us a tip, well it was more of a pointer to a Desi blog, that spoke about the fashion scene, the Desi fashion scene.
I lazily wandered over and in the first few posts, I was impressed. They […]

Everything you need to contact Air India. [Updated]

Shouldn’t the caption say “The Ultimate flying experience, NOT”

Traveling across continents to spend those precious two weeks at home, eating mom’s food is a feeling that can never be substituted. Yet, people who chose Air India are always let down. Yes you do save a few bucks and you get Desi food, but the chaos […]

India Currents article on the South Asian Blogosphere

India Currents, the West Coast based publication that is “devoted to the exploration of the heritage and culture of India as it exists in the United States” has an informative article [link] written by Rupa Dev, covering the basics of the South Asian blogosphere (tip Ragini via email), sort of a “South Asian Blogosphere for […]

Uber guest blogger: Venial Sin

Per Roman Catholicism, a Venial Sin means a lesser sin, one that’s forgivable and does not result in Hell and eternal damnation.
With such assurances, UberDesi would like to present the latest in its short but illustrious list of guest bloggers - Venial Sin.
Sin describes himself as a male homosexual of Pakistani origin. One thing Venial […]

Guest blogger : A Virile Nagalingam

Ever since we lost Sambol, our regular Sri Lankan blogger, we have been in the search for someone to represent the Island nation and then we came across Nagalingam.
If you are wondering about why he goes by the monicker A Virile Nagalimgam, we have the answer.

My maternal great-grandfather, to my great delight, carried […]

ÃœberDesi is a year old and we need you to delurk.

A brown cake for a brown birthday. And yes, we figured that the number of candles represents the birthday, we were cheap and just ripped a photo off of some kid’s birthday party.
Alcohol was flowing and my birthday loot was growing. It was September 2006. The discussion revolved around two things, my upcoming […]

Guest blogger : Ash.

With Santosh going in search of Old Monk among other things and the need to increase our posting frequency, we have been looking for guest bloggers and boy did we find someone great.
An Environmental Health student, she has been sharing her thoughts online from 2004 and is a regular contributor over at DesiPundit. […]

Raj comes to Riverdale, but did you know about Archies past trip to India?

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While the world is eagerly awaiting Raj’s entry (1,2) into Riverdale, we received smoke signals from a reader V about the gang and their trip to India, as missionaries.
Fret not, our source also pointed us to a blog which explains how this all came about.
These particular comics, […]

I’ll pass on trvializing disaster.

dis·as·ter /dɪˈzæstər, -ˈzɑstər/ Pronunciation[di-zas-ter, -zah-ster] Pronunciation Key - noun
1. a calamitous event, esp. one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
2. Obsolete. an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet.

Our flashlight was dying…
Image from Chealion
“Disaster” stuck […]

SAJA your one stop shop for South Asian magazine covers.

It takes a lot to be successful in life. Time, opportunities, hard work and recognition could get you up there among the best, but it takes a special kind of person to make the cover of magazine(s).
What is even more amazing is that only a few American magazines prominently feature “outsiders” on their covers, […]

Aishwarya Rai fans punked again?

Does she think her time has run out? Is this another way to stay in the news? Will we ever know?
We have gone back and forth about the Peepal tree and Amitabh made comments to the effect of “It never happened”.
Now TMBWITW has become the debate for her part in the Hit US […]

Letter from Karachi.

Image from Venial Sin. You can find updates and more pictures on there. Please be advised that some of the pictures are very graphic.
Sepia Mutiny blogger Sin, talks about the carnage happening in Karachi.
We at Uberdesi stand in solidarity.
Here is an excerpt from his post.

Karachi seems to have gone completely mental. Dozens of cars […]

Edi Shamita Shetty! Where’s your Chaddi?

Image from Celeb World.
Jr. Poppadum Aka. Shilpa Shetty’s sister Shamita Shetty turned up at a Bollywood awards function sans her knickers.
And I am waiting for the effigy burning to begin some time now.
Now?
Maybe now?
Ahh never mind all those crazy lunatics are probably drooling over the picture and have forgotten to bring […]

Guest blogger: Sakshi

We here at UberDesi have been discussing the absence of a representation from the fairer sex. We met and discussed this issue over and over again in the past few months, until we came up with a solution.
Our first female guest blogger is a boat load of fun. A self-confessed geeky graduate student who […]

The Sanjaya Show

Sanjaya with supermodel, Petra Nemcova seems to be doing well after American Idolimg: via Rediff
America may have voted Sanjaya off American Idol but his assault on America’s consiousness continues unabated with a vengance. Sanjaya, who counts Britney Spears (tip Anantha via Uber Stories) amongst his fans, a.k.a Fanjayas, besides appearing on Jay Leno, is also […]

Who you calling a Bigot? Bigot.

For those of you who have not had a chance to update yourself on the blogosphere, MSNBC/ Newsweek has an article on Koreans bracing themselves for a backlash.
While researching the article, the authors decided to use a comment from Sepia Mutiny to illustrate their lede’s point about nasty bigots in the blogosphere. I would not […]

Sanjaya booed at baseball game

Displaying their true class, baseball fans booed Sanjaya at a Los Angeles Padres game in Los Angeles, California.
“Sanjaya’s face pops up on the big screen right away. At first he smiled, he seemed to like the attention. But then the entire crowd at the stadium started to boo and it was loud! His smile faded […]

Shocking findings at UberDesi HQ: Sanjaya not top search result for UberDesi

If you missed it, Uber blogger and Desipundit contributor, Gaurav of Gauravnomics fame, selected UberDesi as his “Desi Blog of the Day” yesterday. Thanks Gaurav.
One of his observations stood out to me in particular.
My tip to Uber Desi: Think of what next after Sanjaya Malakar.
So this got me thinking. Over a few beers and pizza […]