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Here we go again on the whole H1-B thing. In case anyone is really interested! Continue reading H-1B hearing: Companies say foreign workers needed

Okay this is getting totally whack! Carrie and her friends are going to India this October – Sex and the City will debut on October 4, 2003 at 11.30 pm – where else but HBO. Wonder what Samantha would do with all those h****y boys in Bombay!! Continue reading Sluts in the city, now in India

Ever wonder what’s up with all these movies coming out – here is a low down from a fellow blogger In the last few years, there has been a spate of low budget Indian English movies. They don’t have the polish and sophistication that established directors, expensive sets and pricy cinematographers bring to a movie. … Continue reading (h)Indie Madness

Looking for Love…well if you are in Bombay, one thing is for sure, it is not at home. Instead you have to go elsewhere to well *makeout.* Along Marine Drive, a sweeping ocean promenade ringed by fading art-deco buildings, lovers gather along the sea wall, kissing and caressing each other, seemingly oblivious to the showers … Continue reading Necking Nooks of Bombay

Its Booker Prize season, and yes our favorite Bengali writer, Monica Ali is a 2-to-1 favorite for winning the Booker Prize. The other main bookmaker, Ladbrokes, picked as their 2-1 favorite “Brick Lane” by Monica Ali, who moved to Britain from Bangladesh as a young child and takes her birthplace as the setting for her … Continue reading Monica Ali 2-to-1 fav for Booker

Director and producer Ram Gopal Varma (aka “RGV”) has revolutionized India’s tradition-bound film biz, rejecting classic costume musicals and weepy melodramas for gritty, urban, low-budget realism. [ Salon.com ] Continue reading Bollywood’s Tarantino

Visionary Underground (UK) + Dhamaal Soundsystem (SF) + special guest DJ Tree (Mystik Alchemy), Friday 09.19.03 @ IACC Center (2210 Lincoln Blvd, Venice) Visionary Underground on FutureBreaks FM Tune in and listen to 90.3 KUSF for an hour long DJ/Tabla Set with DJ Feelfree and Aref Durvesh. Futurebreaks aires every Saturday from 4pm-6pm (San Francisco) … Continue reading Just a breakbeat bonanza

Okay you are hungry and are looking for a quick currydown where do you go to find the nearest balti place. If you are in UK, you click here. If anywhere else, well you are on your own. Continue reading How to win a free curry dinner?

MIT Technology Review is just out with its big TR100 list of cool and smart people in the technology business. Bunch of brown-faces in the digital centurions. About 12 percent of the total. Here are some noteables. (Well I could not come-up with catchy phrases for all of them) Dot.Net Daddy, Vic Gundotra Need a … Continue reading Dot.Net Daddy & Spam Buster

Hey all wannabe actors, Arth Arts, Inc., Washington, DC and New York’s leading Cultural Arts Theater and Film production company could use your talent for a full length play. Interested, try out at George Washington University on Friday, September 19th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, 4th floor-Marvin Center or go the next day, same campus at 1:00pm-3:00pm, but this … Continue reading So you wanna act…open auditions