I’ve read about Joe Biden previously and tried to give him a chance. Then, last year he decided to tell the world that “you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.” I can’t make this stuff up. I read it, and shook my […]

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I love amazon.com. I likely have a problem. Hi, my name is Surya, and I have a problem. I order too much from Amazon.com. I have books, and other random stuff (now that they sell -everything-) lining the walls of my humble condo.
Yet, Amazon frustrates me to no end. It’s simple really. You order something […]

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(I had a cold and so curled up on the couch like a little baby and thus the hiatus for those who are curious. Now on to the post:)
I played the Wii at a friends house on Saturday. And it is freaking awesome. And it’s shocking that we haven’t seen anything like this sooner. Especially […]

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I don’t know anything about how to market a Hollywood movie. But I can generally tell when something is being royally neglected. And the movie, The Namesake, has gotten my attention recently (for its absence, not presence). Full disclosure, The Namesake is one of my favorite books ever. So maybe I care more about this […]

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Reality TV is as contrived and unnatural a setting as one could imagine, yet it can reveal some of the most basic insights and truths of life. Moments of everyday life, which ordinarily don’t draw attention from society at large, are magnified to massive proportions and bring with them scrutiny, focus, and debate. And therein […]

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As a change of pace, I thought I’d share something personal instead of analysis. I love reading. I also think that what we love to read reveals a lot about us. And so, here are 4 authors I adore and why:
Jhumpa Lahiri
Lahiri is best known for her Pulitzer Prize winning first book, a collection of […]

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Guaranteed to blow a thinking person’s mind with its simplicity:
Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point and Blink) has another amazing article in The New Yorker. I proclaim it article of the (10 day old) year. He attempts (and surprisingly, largely succeeds) to defend Enron’s ex-CEO Jeff Skilling by asserting that Skilling should not have […]

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The Internet will banish evil the world over. Slowly, but surely, it will march along and destroy the evil behaviors of corporations, organizations, governments and even individuals. The Internet saves all.
What am I babbling about? Connection & Emotion. At its most basic level, the Internet connects– connects you to news, […]

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