Archive for October, 2005

Bollywood stars host shows for earthquake relief

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Bollywood stars Mahesh Bhatt, Shatrughan Sinha and Ashok Pandit today pledged to hold shows across the country to raise funds for quake-victem relief. As Bhatt said, Pakistani film stars pitched in in the aftermath of the tsunami, so it’s only fair that Bollywood rallies to ease the damage of another terrible natural disaster in [...]

Sri Lanka qaking in their boots

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Sri Lanka have a formidable record of 30-75, but still fear playing the Indians at India. Besides having an overseas record of just 11-75, they have not played in India in eight years, and have not played 7 one day matches for a long time.
From Web Mid Day:
“We know we have done well in [...]

India gearing up for tough match against Sri Lanka

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Results are coming in slowly but surely, and the Dravid-led Indian squad is squaring off strongly vs. Sri Lanka. How is this done? Planning, practice, and determination. More details and results will be posted as they come on, but for now, take a look at this article from New Kerala about how [...]

Indian fashion scene heating up

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Fashion in India is no longer just for kicks- it’s big business, and serious. The Moschino fashion show proved that things are changing for Indian fashion, becoming more hi-end.
…the Moschino show, held recently in Mumbai, was indicative of big changes in the way business is done in the Indian hi-end fashion industry. [...]

Desi contestant on NBC’s Apprentice, fired

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Well, India doesn’t always put its best foot forward in global forums… especially not reality TV forums. Toral, the desi contestant of NBC’s archetypal reality show The Apprentice, was fired last night. And fired hard.
Although Toral did exhibit a few likable traits, her teamates, and most viewers found her to be “snobby” or [...]

Sania Mirza retires hurt from Thai Open

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Poor Sania. Right when she was at her best, she has to sit out. We all knew she was fighting against a back problem, and I guess it just gave out during the second round vs. Meng Yuan.
The terrible news from the Hindu:
Sania Mirza’s run was cut short when she retired [...]

Team for ODI series named

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Laxman, Zaheer left out
Coach Chappell is running the team the way he wants, finally, sidelining some old favorites in favor of younger bucks. Ganguly is injured of course, but Laxman, apparently, is just old. Same for Zaheer. Stepping up to take their places are 19-year old Kerala pacer S Sreesanth and Suresh [...]

India 2nd sexiest country in the world!

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Bust out the Champaign, because India is the number two sexiest country in the world, according to an international sex survey. Number one was Brazil, which beat out India by 0.2%. France? Too smelly. United States? Too Christian. Thailand? Well, let’s just say a little class beats out [...]

Ten flattest babes in Bollywood

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Cause why not? Flat stomachs are in (yeah, that’s right stomachs you cheeky monkey), so check out the India Times’ 10 flattest babes in Bollywood.
(and none of them is Aishwarya Rai!)
Go ahead and click it, nobody’s watching.

Bollywood over broadband?

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

A couple brits are making some big waves with a new service, Bollywood.tv. The website is the first of its kind; it offers high-quality, full feature-length Bollywood movies over a broadband connection. For just 10 pounds a month, you can download as much as your web connection can gulp down.
Content director Mohan Thariyan [...]