May28

A new dotcom boom?

A week ago, the BBC reported on a development that could well foretell the shape of things to come (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7410600.stm). Apparently, some of the giants of social networking (YouTube and MySpace) are debuting in India. The honchos at these heavyweights admit that internet penetration in India is still quite low. But there are upsides to […]

May13

Beyond butter chicken

As a committed carnivore and dietary scoff-law, I love my butter chicken, rogan josh and vindaloo. And I love the fact that one can walk into any desi restaurant anywhere in the West and find one’s fix of these fulsome favourites. But it is quite tiresome that this all there seems to be to the […]

May8

Top 5 (Relatively) Quick and Geeky Last Minute Mother’s Day Gifts

Need a last minute gift for the woman who is responsible for your existence on this planet? If you’ve got a bit of technological savvy on your side, use it! You need something fast and cheap, so why not leverage geek knowledge to maximize loving effect for the least amount of time, work, and money?
Whip […]