You Know You’re Home When…

You can finally dig your nose in peace.

Also blow your nose loudly, sniff up leftover nosey without immediately going in search of a fresh tissue, sneeze multiple times without apologizing once and generally exhibit all signs of a virulent cold attack. Atchoo! And choo! And choo! And thoo as well! So there! Sniff, snort. (Wipes [...]

Bollywood Sleaze

Depending on your views regarding transliteration, Jimmy Shergill will be seen this September 28 in a movie either called Dude, Let It Go or Dude, Fuck Me Now.
I saw a trailer somewhere and if Miss Slutty (heroine or item girl? Does it make a difference?) is anything to go by, I’m pretty sure Chhodon Na [...]

Hyderabad Blasts: It Wasn’t Me!

The bomb blasts that rocked two separate locations (an amusement park called Lumbini Park and a snack shop called Gokul Chat) in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, an up and coming IT hub, yesterday were the second in the space of a single year that its residents have seen. The first such blast took [...]

Miss South Carolina is Genius!

Not a genius, unfortunately - just, you know, genius.
I don’t usually cover pageant winners (or contestants for that matter) because
A) I don’t care
B) I don’t watch
C) They creep me out.
No offense to all you pageant winners out there but you guys are kind of freaky and make me think thoughts of cookie cutters, sausage factories, [...]

Salman Khan Goes to Jail

The justice system in India continues to buck the trend elsewhere and shows itself ready to hand out some harsh sentences to its movie stars if not its politicians (even if some remain understandably skeptical about the final result). On the heels of Sanjay Dutt’s (Lage Raho Munnabhai) six year prison term for buying illegal [...]

A Doctor in Darfur

I’ve been meaning to write a few words on Darfur for a long time but the sheer scale of it always defeated me at the outset. How and where does one start? The convoluted history, the tangled internal and international political climate, the celebrity drive, the economic realities, the unrelenting suffering…Then today I received an [...]

The Pill of Shame

“If she was older,” said the doctor, peering at me sympathetically, “we could have recommended something for her. But it’s only for married ladies, you see.”
As a kid, you know there are certain advantages to being an adult. But this was too much! I couldn’t get medical help now without being an old married lady? [...]

Californication

 

Q: What, in your opinion, is the one thing television lacks today?
A: David Duchovny’s bare butt.
If you agree with the above, then this is your lucky day: starting this month, every Monday at 10.30 EST, Showtime’s Californication is all about Duchovny’s naked ass, both literally and figuratively. If, however, you’re one of those who sneer [...]

John Gibson vs. Jon Stewart

I know this is a few days old but… Fox vs. Comedy Central, John Gibson vs. Jon Stewart - damn, it’s like spaghetti declaring war on a fork. But Gibson presumably knew what he was doing when he called for a second 9/11. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me present the following in [...]

Beauty Junkies

A nose is a good thing to have. Just try and imagine your face without one and you’ll immediately see that I do not lie. Perhaps this is why the first advances in cosmetic surgery took place in the field of rhinoplasty.
But reconstructive surgery is hardly the first thing that pops into your head when [...]