The Great Ganesha

Seven bombs on seven different commuter trains on the Western Railways went off within minutes of each other on Tuesday (7/11) evening. Apparently all in first-class compartments. Officially, there are hundreds of casualties. Unofficially, there are probably thousands – each compartment holds somewhere in the range of at least two hundred people when full. And [...]

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I am sure that, by now, everyone has heard about the Reader’s Digest survey that concluded that Bombay was the rudest city in the world. Bombayites are outraged and are defending themselves voraciously. I say: Why? We must be proud of our rudeness. We must shout: We’re rude, we’re crude, get used to it! I [...]

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It looks like Bombay's hijras or eunuchs are finally figuring out ways to improve their image. For those of you who don't know – a eunuch is a castrated male. And, believe me, as a child, when you're accosted by them, you can be deeply traumatized. From Things Asian (the above link): Caked in cheap [...]

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Fellow ex-Xavierites, look at the person in the forefront of the protests against the Da Vinci Code movie. …the head of the Catholic Secular Forum has begun a ‘hunger strike until death’. [link] That “head of the Catholic Secular Forum” is none other than apparently not Fr. Joe Dias! Yes, Not the same guy who [...]

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No, I’m not talking about Tom DeLay or Jack Abramoff. I’m talking about “wardrobe malfunctions” that took place during Bombay Fashion Week. It seems one model Carol Gracias’ top slipped off exposing her breasts and another model’s zipper split, leaving her bare butt exposed. There was an immediate police inquiry and much to everyone’s relief [...]

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There’s a naked statue of the Parsi prophet Zarathusthra to be recently unveiled in Sydney, Australia. Now, unlike some other religions that shall remain unnamed, the Parsis will not go about rioting and burning down Australian consulates around the world. Here’s why.

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Will Smith visits Bollywood and is “blown away” by the Big B’s performance in Sarkar. He wants to call himself the ‘Big W’. He also compared the Taj Mahal to a lake he built in his back yard for his wife… Speaking of ‘Big B’: I was watching ‘Aaj Tak’ (an Indian news channel) at [...]

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