Rescue me!

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Dear Government,
We have not connected for some time now. I have been quite faithful in my communication with you. I even send you a yearly update via my tax forms, and always, always enclose a hefty [...]

The Gandhi-fication of John Edwards?

Of course, we’re speaking about John Edwards, the disgraced politician not John Edward, the pysch who communicates with your dead great-grandmother for a family recipe.
She saw a Gandhi in Edwardsimg: via Hollywood Gossip
Newsweek’s Johnathan Darman, who covered the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004, recounts his encounters with John Edwards’ other woman Reille Hunter. [NewsWeek]
When Edwards [...]

“A Custom Lungi” - a literary review

Over the years, we’ve watched with great interest the evolution, or rather the lack of it, of desi literature based in the U.S. The following is based on some common trends/threads in desi lit novels - bright covers with saris and bindis and the choice of “serious” South Asian specific topics like dowry, arranged marriages, [...]

Shiv Sainiks perform puja at Taj Mahal

After calling for Hindu suicide bombers, Thackeray’s people now want to anoint the Taj Mahal a Hindu temple. [TOI]
Taj Mahal is really Tejo Mahal per Shiv Senaimg: via NYT
In an attempt to reclaim the Taj Mahal as a Hindu temple, a few Sainiks entered the Taj premises disguised as tourists and started a ritual or [...]

Torture Top 10

Apparently the US military has been playing David Gray’s Babylon nonstop to torture Guantanamo prisoners. [Guardian via Freakonomics Blog]
May I suggest a medley of Himesh Reshammiya, Bappi Lahiri and Anu Malik?

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Indian grocery stores: still considered exotic

Here’s a review of an “exotic” Indian grocery store in the small township of Temecula, CA, that I found floating online. [Press Enterprise]
Apparently, Indian stores are as exotic as beachfront property in this inland town.
In the shopping center there’s the dental office, the tax service, the escrow business and Hooters. And does it get any [...]

Weekend at the movies

I had the bitter misfortune to watch the trailer of “The Love Guru” at the movies this weekend. It promises to be just as delightful as I expected. With sight gags and the inclusion of Verne Troyer in the cast- do you honestly believe that this movie will threaten Hinduism? ( See earlier [...]

Indian Hockey scandal (Update)

A top Indian hockey official quit because he was paid good money to include a player in the national team, an event recorded on national television by reporters of Aaj Tak. [link] Considering the state of hockey in India, shouldn’t it be the hockey officials paying the few people who actually play the sport?
Update:
Amit Varma [...]

New and improved Doc 420 is back, now with Weight loss, Smoking cessation and Botox

Is it me, or does this banner on her website read, “0 Credentials, Trust, Resluts”?

Regular readers of the Desi blogosphere will have caught this article on SM about Doc 420 or as Abhi put it, the anti-Sanjay Gupta of the Indian American community. When Abhi wrote the post, the doc’s website was down.
The [...]

Martini Aunty

You aunt could be packing Image from Gun Moll.

Beta, Remember that British Aunt of yours, left home a few decades ago, she never fails to show up for weddings, combines work with her visits and occasionally sips a shaken martini?
Well, the next time you talk to her, we want you to remember that she might [...]

Drunk desi elephants, now on Paris Hilton’s radar.

Socialite and paparazzi darling Paris Hilton wants to help the drunk elephants of India. Hilton was quoted as saying [Via]

The elephants get drunk all the time. It is becoming really dangerous. We need to stop making alcohol available to them
Could we get a brain transplant in Aisle 4 please. Thank you.

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The PM’s back, and there’s gonna be trouble…(hey la!)

Right then. Benazir’s back.
Not that this is particularly surprising. Most of Karachi, at least those parts of town where I spend my time, look as though they’ve been haemorrhaging red, black and green (the colours of the Pakistan People’s Party, of which BB is the leader). There are posters and banners everywhere, [...]

Trinidad Hindus against condom vending machines

Hindus and condoms don’t mix (1,2,3), be it anywhere on this planet.
Condom vending machine are the devil - Trinidad Hindus
From TOI:
The powerful Sanatan Dharma Mahasabha (SDM) in Trinidad and Tobago has joined forces with other religious groups to protest the government’s decision to install condom vending machines throughout the country.
The reasoning behind this decision of [...]

India now outsourcing to the US

Indian companies are now outsourcing to the US and A.
It would be easy to imagine Reno, Ohio, as the type of place that would be hit hardest by outsourcing - a small American town losing out to the invisible hand shifting jobs to places like Bangalore and Guangzhou. Instead, outsourcing is bringing the jobs to [...]

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 [...]

Dumb, dumber and dumberer.

For now, I know that Rep. Tom Tancredo, one of the presidential candidates just sent out a memo to bury his campaign.
During an appearance in Iowa on Tuesday, Tancredo said his deterrence strategy would be to warn Islamic extremists.
Press TV quotes from Iowapolitics.com
If it is up to me, we are going to explain that [...]

Tata - India’s “East India Tea Company”?

Land Rover could soon be Tata’s luxury division.
It looks like India’s “East India Tea Company” will be Tata.
Although the official word is mum, Tata Motors and Mahindra have been linked with possibly bidding for Ford’s Land Rover and Jaguar divisions. Both brands are currently owned by Ford, what needs to be remembered is [...]

Indian reality show, now broadcasting from the bathroom.

It was only a matter of time before India decided to branch off with its own reality show. After finding success replicating shows like Who wants to be a millionaire, American Idol and Big Brother for India, Sahara TV has managed to find a new theme: Bathroom singers. And here is their website.

Bathroom Singer will [...]

Aishwarya disowns former husband, husband responds

News Flash: Aishwarya disowns her husband, her tree husband that is.
As far as misunderstandings are concerned it is really unfortunate that too many assumptions were made, there were many false rumours and lose talk. Perhaps we will feel the need to clarify some things some time. For instance, I’m married to Abhishek, not to a [...]

When push comes to shove….

Check out this video of Bihar Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh, shoving a woman who approached him for a job for her son. Way to be an icon for civil behavior.

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Big Foot outsourced to India?

Could this be “Big Foot” or just Big Feet?
After Tech-Companies, Call centers, Fast Food joints, the Big Foot also known as the Sasquatch / Yeti comes to India with a new name. It was christened Mande Burung or Jungle Man after being spotted in North Eastern India.

The bizarre sightings have been made in [...]

PETA: Give tax breaks to vegetarians ……..

…. because “[V]egetarians are responsible for far fewer greenhouse-gas emissions and other kinds of environmental degradation than meat-eaters.”. In other words, vegetarians slow down global warming. Woohoo! More power to the veggie desis. In support of their letter, they cite this study which was conducted by the UN and the University of Chicago.
Being a vegetarian [...]

What *WAS* wrong with the picture?

Actually the title for that post was misleading. There were a lot of things wrong with this photo as you will read later in this post. The “overexposed” picture, incidentally, was snapped from a moving trolley and, being a casual photographer, one rank below amateur, I’m darn proud of how it turned out

The [...]

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 [...]

5 steps to getting a celebrity arrested.

Image courtesy Indiafm.com
1) Keep checking the news to see which celebrities are visiting your country.
Given its recent rise in stature, people are looking at India as a hot destination to visit. Many of her neighboring countries aren’t exactly safe places. We also have a great movie industry, celebrities whose popularity is increasing around the world [...]