Talk to the hand

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The popular term from the 90s appears to be making a comeback, albeit in a different incarnation, courtesy a team of four students at Carnegie Mellon, two of whom are, you guessed it, desis. [Pittsburgh Post Gazette] [...]

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 [...]

Cheap Cars and Dear Gas - A Precognitive Prevarication

Last week, I speculated that 2008 could turn out to be India’s solely because of the trendsetting auto industry. It can be argued that these trends are by no means cutting edge technological. Rather, this upswing in newsworthy snippets has solely been caused by some smart economics and business decisions. And curiously one company, Tata [...]

Falling Internet connections in India

India’s Internet connections fall.

Broadband is making waves across the world, , but Internet connections in India are falling. The total connections in India has dropped from 9.27 million to 9.22 million in the quarter ending June according to the Telephone Regulatory Authority of India.
Shocking? Not really, because the number of Internet users has increased [...]

Sunita Williams center of politics in Gujarat

India loves Sunita Williams, plain and “zimble”.
“Discovery to Houston, kem cho, majama……”img: via Hindustan Times
Some people like to point out that she is not Indian - she is only of half-Indian heritage, her mother is Slovenian, and we should not be celebrating her successes, but we @ UberDesi don’t discriminate on such superficial grounds. [...]

Desi Aunty finds missile launcher in front yard

With all due respects to our readers from New Jersey (including our very own Anantha), this could happen only in New Jersey, Jersey City specifically
“Look, a missile launcher”img: via wcbstv.com
What do most people find when they walk into their front yards early in the morning in their PJs? The newspaper? The milkman being [...]

From winning the ignominious Ig Nobel to becoming Reluctant Entrepreneur

Remember when Gauri Nanda, the inventor of Clocky, was awarded the Ig Nobel, for pointless or humorous scientific research?
Gauri Nanda, reluctant entrepeneurimg: via Inc.com
She went on to sell her products online and became such a success that Inc.com, the magazine for entrepeneurs has a story featuring Gauri.
Actually she was featured on the cover of the [...]

Fusion reactors and global warming. India playing a part.

A rendering of the ITER reactor from iter.org
The Indian Cabinet approved 25 billion rupees, USD595 Million, which enables India to play a part in the International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor, which is to be built at Cadarache in the South of France.
At a cost of USD 12.8 Billion, the experimental reactor should be completed by 2040 [...]

ULFA ♥ Orkut

Orkut seems to have developed this knack for staying in the news, at least in India.
Tech-savvy seperatists (pc term for terrorists) in North East India are using Orkut for anti-India activities. Paging the keepers of “communal peace”, burners of cybercafes, guardians against evil online comments, self appointed doorkeepers of India and Indian culture - our [...]

Mumbai Mamus, Marathi Maanus and Orkut: part Deux

Lets start with Orkut: Orkut allegedly has certain communities that speak up against the Thackeray clan and contain “derogatory” language against Shivaji.
Marathi Maanus: The Shiv Sena and its minions consider Orkut to be “the devil” because certain users on Orkut have formed groups that target criticism at Thackeray and Shiv Sena. Reminds me of an [...]

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 [...]

New York to Paris: Google Map ishtyle

Click on image to view map
The folks at Google Maps have a sense of humor.
Among the directions required for travelling from New York to Paris:
23. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi
Total: 3,800 mi (about 29 days 7 hours)
Wonder if they accounted for peak hour traffic and sharks?

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Good news on the way? Some relief in a recently introduced immigration bill.

You should have seen the recent post on the H1B visa quota expiring in a day and a half. The frustrating part for most applicants is that even if they got their application to the USCIS within the one and a half day limit, their visa is not guaranteed.
But on March 23rd 2007 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 [...]

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 [...]

Hackers from India indicted

Jaisankar Marimuthu, Chockalingam Ramanathan of Chennai and Thirumugnanam Ramanathan an Indian native, now a resident of Malaysia have been indicted in a high-tech international fraud scheme.
From initial reports published less than a half hour ago, it looks like they accessed dozens of brokerage accounts to jack up stock prices and in the process made atleast [...]

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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Madrasigate: Blogging and the Desi Psyche

Desis, especially Indians, by their very nature, actively seek to avoid conflict and it reflects on the blogging world. Most blogs are about arts, entertainment, politics and sports, relatively softball topics, often with much humor. Please note that I’m not excluding myself or denying my indulgence in any of the above. It was the way [...]

PC for the masses

Cheap and functional - the desi PC(image: via Newsweek)
In a land, where follow the herd mentality was the norm not that long back, entrepreneurship is threatening to change the face of the PC industry. The Newsweek Internationl Edition this week features one such entrepreneur, who is in the process of introducing the $100 PC to [...]