'Witch' Indira


Former US President Richard Nixon called Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi an 'old witch,' according to recently released documents from the 1970s. His national security adviser Henry Kissinger said, 'the Indians are bastards anyway' in the run-up to the India-Pakistan war of 1971

Headliner
Big phish in jail
(www.techdirt.com)

India plans free software for all
Government has no plan to promote open source software over proprietary products

Newspapers are f***ed
Kurt Andersen claims he has merely stumbled from job to job. But a peek at his résumé — which includes such big media names as The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Time magazine and the Today show — suggests there is more to his success than just luck

I hate it when this happens!
You spend all night coming up with a hot headline to go out in, and then that bitch from across town totally shows up in the same thing!

IIFA Awards 2005
Photographs from Asians in Media

Can Google News robot rival the newspapermen?
A potential nightmare faces the 'dead-tree-and-ink' business

Valentina Pedroni speaks out... finally

The 35-year-old blonde is near the end of an acrimonious divorce battle with Arun Nayar, who dumped her for actress Liz Hurley

India a failed state
Political commentators in India are fond of calling Pakistan a 'failed state,' but few Indians are willing to admit that their own country is hurtling towards anarchy, says Ravi Shanker Kapoor

Headliners
Tiger booked for hunting deer
(The Times of India on Pataudi)

Zimbabwe president denies he is dead
(msnbc.com on rumors of Robert Mugabe's death)

Worlds 100 largest newspapers by circulation
Did you ever wonder which newspaper is the largest in the world and where it comes from?

PS: It is not The Times of India!

The rocking homelessness of Mumbai's 'Local'
It's a literary take on Mumbai's famous local trains that brings alive the "rocking homelessness" experienced by thousands of travellers in this city every day

59Bloggers The Movie
Now in production -- a feature film about the new senate of the people, by the people, for the people

The fastest man around the world
After almost a full week of waiting in Mumbai, Nick was finally united with his trusty steed

Bombay's longest ride
The conductor of bus 524 almost choked when I asked for a ticket to the last stop, handing him a 10-rupee note

Star Wars: The desi version
Star wars, the concluding part of the cult film, has broken records worldwide. Closer home, we have our own interpretation of galactic battles. Some of these are hearsay; some documented, albeit in gossip columns. Look not for veracity in these stories, because the truth, as any cosmic traveller will tell you, is always out there

Don't use e-mail, just grab a blog feed
Blogs are revolutionizing the world of creativity, communication and community

Chennai's own Elvis

When Engelbert Humperdinck takes the stage in Bangalore on June 9, belting out golden oldies like The Last Waltz and There Goes My Everything, crooning the evening away as only he can, he will be the closest that he has been in a long time to the city of his birth — Chennai

The Vanity Fair scoop

'I'm the guy they call Deep Throat'

Tussaud trouble
Suit against waxwork empire for alleged misrepresentation and breach of contract

Pope Ratzi on sale


Courtesy: www.sploid.com

A blog...
about bloggers