The Great Ganesha

John Roberts made the cover of Time this week, in an article that asks about the relevancy of the Supreme Court today. But that’s not what I’m writing about. Is it me, or does John Roberts look like Greg Kinnear? Dammit, every time I look at Roberts, I think it’s Kinnear!

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Picture Source: IMdB In an interview with the cast and filmmakers of the upcoming Coen Brothers’ film, No Country For Old Men, Javier Bardem (and the Coens) talk about how his hair came to look the way it was in the movie. Lisa Schwarzbaum (Moderator): I think there are two things that dominate this film [...]

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And this time, it’s not even a cause, dammit! Well, unless you’re Brain from Pinky and the Brain or Stewie from Family Guy. Though the acting skills of Shah Rukh don’t even come close to either. Let me just say this: “Do” watch the video. “Do” keep a bucket handy (to puke in). And “do” [...]

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Are you seriously considering a Ph.D.? Most people I know have had the thought cross their mind once or twice in their lives. You know who you are: You’re in a dead-end job; or you’re finishing up your Master’s and the job market is down; or you’ve just finished your Bachelor’s and the real world [...]

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Picture by Flickr user racoles Protesting monks gathering at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon Okay, this may be a tad too cynical, but take a little Buddhism, add a military regime, throw in a Nobel Peace Prize laureate (imprisoned) and you get something which is just begging for a Hollywood celebrity to make it their [...]

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What do Jessica Lange, Naomi Watts and Ganesha have in common? This question has plagued humanity for centuries. In fact, it kept me up for practically the entire night just a few days ago. But that was before I was alerted by ChapatiKid to our friend Ravi‘s pics. Then – and only then – was [...]

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“O Mighty Lord Ganesha, will you accept this can of generic diet cola nestled in my crotch, in return for just one box office hit? Please? Pretty please?” A buff Bollywood actor (whose half-naked pic I have gratuitously posted for the viewing pleasure of our thus inclined readers) decides that he wants to visit a [...]

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Was in Los Angeles for the weekend, and it’s mandatory to lunch at Pioneer Blvd in Artesia, and raid the well-stocked cupboards of Surati Farsan Mart after that. For the uninitiated, that’s where LA’s ‘Little India’ is located. So, after doing the rounds, we start walking back to car. While waiting for the signal, I [...]

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Was browsing through last week’s Economist when I came across this full-page spread on page 84: This is what the first paragraph reads: The State of Maharashtra is the third largest and the most progressive and industrially advanced state in India….Mumbai, country’s leading financial, trading and service centre warrants aviation facilities of highest order. To [...]

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A ‘Dear Economist’ column of the Financial Times had an interesting letter a couple of weeks ago from a “T.B.,” who asked: …somebody has just shown me a thing called ?Facebook?, which they say is being used by lots of new graduates. I have been told that the economic value of my ?network? is not [...]

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