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

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! 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 [...]

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 [...]

This week on American Idol: Top 8 - Sanjaya and the 7 dwarfs

Update: As predicted on this post yesterday, Haley got the boot while Sanjaya continues his run on American Idol 6. He has not even made the bottom 3 in the past 2-3 weeks.
Update: Per DialIdol results at 11:20pm, Sanjaya is #4 tied with Chris, which means there is a likelihood of him being voted off. [...]

American Idol Update: Racy picture of Shyamali Malakar hits the Internet

Superficial.com has a picture of Shyamali Malakar with a guitar on its website, allegedly from her myspace page, in which it claims she is naked. It’s hard to tell from the picture, perhaps she’s wearing a strapless top and shorts, you decide (pic after the jump, maybe NSFW).
What bothers me is the comments that follow [...]

This week in American Idol (part deux): Top 9

Update: Amid scenes of Mr. Malakar Sr., dressed in a Hawaii shirt (if anyone can find video clips or pics please forward them to us), high fiving friends and family, the oddmakers predictions played out to script - Sanjaya is in the top 8 and Gina is out. I was kind of surprised because I [...]

This week in American Idol: The UberDesi tapes

img: via Garamchai via MSNBC
Setting: Small 1 bedroom apartment in suburban New Jersey. Bollywood song playing on TV as the smell of chicken tikka masala cooking in the background wafts to your nostrils. Four men huddle around a phone speaking in foreign tongues in hushed tones. Sound of dial tone on the speakerphone as a [...]

Mumbai Mamus, Marathi Manus and Orkut

Mumbai Police: Protecting you from evil online comments one at a time.
One of our uber bloggers, aNTI blogged on Orkut censorhip by the Mumbai Police(1, 2) on his personal blog. Orkut seems to be in hot water again in Mumbai with the Mamus (Cops) over some comments made on one its groups on Mr. Marathi [...]

Sanjaya Watch on American Idol: Outlook for the Top 10 Week

Img: via RealityMagazine
Update: Sanjaya made it through to the top 9. Also as predicted here, Chris Sligh was eliminated.
Update: Sanjaya sporting a mohawk - I don’t know what other words to describe the abomination in the picture - sang “Bath Water” by No Doubt. The kid sure knows how to get attention and keep the [...]

Malakar Mania (TM)

As Sanjaya continues on his run to become the next American Idol, he made top 10 last week, Malakar Mania (TM) is starting to sweep the Internet and Hollywood. As evidenced in previous posts some people are taking this psuedo-reality too seriously, I mean a hunger strike, cmon America!!!! UberDesi attempts to lighten the mood [...]

Creative Ad’s - India’s Anti-Drunk driving campaign.

One of the things I miss about being in India is the creative advertising. Besides selling a product they always managed to evoke emotions. Smiles, tears, love and a general sense of positiveness.
A while ago I came across this ad , a very creative one employed by Enigma, Marriott’s night club in India.
And in the [...]

American Idol: Sanjaya is a top 10 American Idol contestant

Update: It’s official. Sanjaya is in the top 10 of American Idol Season 6. The ladies had a sub-par night and it showed when Stephanie was eliminated. But considering someone not named Sanjaya was eliminated, look for the biased media and fans to lay the blame squarely on him - something along the lines of [...]

And it gets better - Starving to vote Sanjaya out. [updated]

The story you are looking for has been moved here for obvious reasons.

To follow the Call center’s are voting for Sanjaya saga click here
Thanks VFTW.
And you can read all the hate mail against VFTW and Sanjaya, some of them are pretty funny over here.

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Even if pigs could fly… - The answer to the call centers + Sanjaya theory [updated with videos]

As many of our readers are probably aware, people who care about such things are starting to think that Sanjaya Malakar is still on American Idol because call centers in India are voting for him (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Personally, I did not have a problem with this theory. Opinions are like… , everyone [...]

Now Kambli is milking the World Cup fever.

Vinod Kambli is back and he is making the best use of the season.
Spiel Studio, DNS Consultants and Vinod Kambli have teamed up to make a Vinod Kambli’s Cricket game. This blog in particular talks about the mobile game.

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