The Great Ganesha

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, [...]

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Let’s face it. All of us desis grew up reading Archie comics. And I’ve blogged about it before.

I was definitely an addict. I would look forward to going to the “library” (which, in 80s Bombay were basically privately run places where you could borrow books for cash) and picking up a stack of Archies. The [...]

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The BBC reports on Australian bowler Brett Lee and Asha Bhosle’s collaborative venture – a catchy pop song called ‘You Are the One for Me’ which seems to be the Flavour of the Minute in India.
The fast bowler went into the studio between games in the Champions Trophy tournament in India in November.
Lee, who has [...]

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There are some of you desis out there who know exactly what I’m talking about. That’s right! It’s Gold Spot (the drink, not the band). It even has its own Wikipedia entry, dammit!
This should take you back a few years…

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Although I already posted a tribute to Agassi after his exit from Wimbledon, I hope there won’t be much objection to another posting. Given his performance at the US Open, I think it is well-deserved.
Sunday saw the end of Agassi’s run in the US Open and in Grand Slam tennis. At the age of 36, [...]

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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 rouge, [...]

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What's NOT made in China for a change, are civil rights. Yup, you heard right. Nick Bryant, the BBC's South Asia correspondent just wrote a book entitled The Bystander: John F Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality. The entire book was written during his sojourn in South Asia. So what does the civil rights [...]

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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 took over [...]

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Growing up, Archie Comics were despised by my parents for their lack of literary value ("You should be reading books instead of wasting your time with comics!"), but no less than wolfed down by me. There was nothing like spending an entire afternoon going through a pile of new Archies. In fact, when there were [...]

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It’s been eons since I last posted. Been totally busy catering to the whims of American undergraduate brats. My course is almost over though, so that’s a relief. Begin another one in a few weeks, but will deal with that as it gets closer.
Meanwhile, just wanted to point to Shivaji’s blog. He’s written up a [...]

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