October 2009
The Fading Cultures of India
The steady dhadak-dhadak of the moving train, the crisp Indian air making its way through the open window as we lay on our cots, and the ambiance from the dim red, blue, and green lights that clung to the ceilings made for a perfect trip with sound sleep every time.
Red Diapers in the Land of Red Chillies
Why America’s political thinkers and their ideas don’t travel very well.
Preity-Rani VRS time ?
Monojit Lahiri zeroes-in on a chilling new reality gripping B-town, where Voluntary Retirement Slips are being handed out to 30-plus starlets …
Cosmic Parallels
Radical, new cosmological theories of multiverses, oscillating universe and the Big Bang have eerie parallels in Vedic cosmology.
The Mountbatten Affair
Production of a film portraying a clandestine and intense affair between former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of India’s last
Pee Pilao
A Hindu group is preparing to launch a new soft drink made from cow’s urine. Gau Jal, currently undergoing laboratory tests, is made of cow’s
Moon Water
A NASA instrument carried aboard India’s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has found evidence of water molecules on the polar regions of the moon, a discovery
McCurry’s Hot For McDonald
Fast food giant McDonald’s has lost a battle in a Malaysian appeals court to prevent a restaurant McCurry from using the ‘Mc’ prefix in its
Bike Rage
A cyclist convicted of assaulting pedestrians in Leicester, United Kingdom, has been banned from riding in the city.Police accuse Gurnaik Singh Dogra, 27, of a
Anand Gone
Self-styled celebrity designer for the stars Anand Jon Alexander has been sentenced to 59 years to life imprisonment following his conviction on 14 counts of
Tweaking Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor, India’s minister of state for external affairs, has built a reputation and 230,000 followers on the popular messaging service Twitter. But an offhand
Indian Math Challenge
Producers of Two Million Minutes, a documentary critical of the U.S. educational system, are daring American high school kids to take “The Third World Challenge,”
Outta Here
They were publicly humiliated for exercising a right that was guaranteed to them by the United States Constitution.
Immigration Fraud
A former U.S. immigration official is imprisoned for bringing two Indians into the country illegally.
Sex Drive
India’s cricket coach Gary Kirsten is taking flak in the media after a dossier emerges in which players are encouraged to have sex to bolster their cricket performance.
Shrinking Breadbasket
The GRACE data found that over the past decade the water table has been depleting.
Paper Or Plastic?
The Reserve Bank of India is reportedly weighing polymer, or plastic, currency notes. According to media reports, as an initial step the bank will introduce
Wyeth Seeks To Block Generic Drug
Wyeth markets a newer version of the drug and in 2005 discontinued the older version of Zosyn.
Reva Revs Up
With 3,000 electric cars on the road, Reva is a leader in the nascent electric car market.
Indira Nooyi Tops Again
Third most powerful woman in the world
MacArthur Fellows
Each MacArthur fellow receives $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over five years.
The Right Thing
What you measure affects what you do. if you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.”