The Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Reaction

I’m not (entirely) stats obsessed but when a single post begins to attract upwards of 400 hits a day for a solid week, I have to pay attention. There’s probably a rule about it somewhere in the International Blogger’s Handbook and if there isn’t one, there should be: Thou Shalt Pay Attention to Sudden Spikes [...]

Lap Dancing For Science

Remember that old line about girls who strip because they’re paying their way through college? (Actually knew a girl in Michigan who did too.) Well, the next stripper you meet might just be stripping for science.
The Economist reports that:
Dr Miller is an evolutionary psychologist—and the author of the theory that the large brains of humans [...]

Gandhi & the Anti-Sonia Ad

 
So last week, a group of “Gandhians” decided to confront the single greatest threat to Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy: Sonia Gandhi.
In an ad carried in The New York Times among other publications, the US-based Forum for Preserving Gandhi’s Heritage denounced Ms. Gandhi as the epitome of all that was un-Gandhian, calling her a lying liar of [...]

5 Shows I’d Rather Read Than Watch

I love television… it’s just the shows I can’t stand.
Oh, some of them I love and adore. Enough to splurge my (parents’ hard earned money on their official, overpriced DVDs. And that’s an important detail because if I like the show then sooner or later it’s going to be canceled. So yes, in addition to [...]

Wuthering Heights of Romance

Can I just say it? Actually, you know what, I’m going to say it even if I’m not supposed to say it: Wuthering Heights is not my idea of a love story.
I love the Brontes and their crazy life and their contribution to literature and I think WH is a fine, fine example of [...]

Enrique Iglesias is Ringside

Have you ever heard a song and had it instantly strike a chord with you? Slow song, fast song, special song, nonsense song, singalong song, driving song… anything? I run across those from time to time and they’re the best thing ever. It’s like your life now has a purpose and it’s to figure out [...]

Mean Old People

For my sins, I once elected to take part in an election campaign. Okay, I didn’t so much “elect to take part” as work for one. They were paying $400 for four days work and there was a concert I wanted to attend but it was the end of the month so… You know, I [...]

Anand Jon: 59 Charges of Sexual Assault

It’s a bit of an understatement to say that India-born celebrity designer Anand Jon Alexander is having a very bad year.
In March of this year, the 33-year-old Alexander was arraigned on multiple charges of sexual assault against three women. As of yesterday, after hearing nine days of testimony from 23 different witnesses, a grand jury [...]

Myanmar vs. Burma & Other Stories

This seems to be politics week on IndieQuill. What can I say? I love the stuff… even when it makes me want to kick someone’s butt.
Like that of India’s External Affairs ministry. I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard from people who work at the UN or read books by the diplomats of [...]

“Phony Soldiers” Take On Rush Limbaugh

How dumb is Rush Limbaugh? Plenty, it turns out.
On September 26, Limbaugh was in usual fine form, talking about the Iraq War, telling the caller who disagreed with him on the subject that he couldn’t possibly be a Republican (in spite of several polls that show that actually, a number of Republicans wouldn’t agree with [...]