Experience Devi, the princeps civitatis of Virgin Comics’ new Shakti line: 

In the second century of mankind’s arrival on earth, the Gods of light took up arms against one of their own.  Bala, a fallen dark god, had rejected the old ways of the pantheon and sought to impose his dominion over mankind…
So the pure Gods each sacrificed [...]

Yet another George ‘Macaca’ Allen slur witness has comes forward. The wife of Allen’s college rugby coach says she heard him use the word ‘nigger’ repeatedly in ‘78-79. She’s annoyed that he now claims he’s never used the slur (via Americablog):

Here’s the full segment on Hardball.
The latest poll shows Allen leading 49% to Jim [...]

The U.S. Senate just legalized secret evidence, torture and jailing anyone forever without trial as a cheap political gimmick for the November elections. This is America’s TADA:
The Senate today rejected an amendment to a bill creating a new system for interrogating and trying terror suspects that would have guaranteed such suspects access to the courts [...]

Here’s the full Musharraf interview on the Daily Show:

Musharraf unsubtly reminds the world that Pakistan has nukes. Jon Stewart fawns:
Let’s say if there was an election held today in Pakistan — not, clearly, for your job, ’cause you’re doing a wonderful job….
Not, clearly, for your job, ’cause you’ve banned that…

Sania Mirza just ejected #1 seed Martina Hingis from the Korea Open and enters round 3 (thanks, brown_fob):

India’s Sania Mirza rallied past top seed Martina Hingis 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the second round of the Korea Open on Thursday, gaining quick revenge on the former number one for a defeat in Kolkata last week.
After [...]

In Bharati, a musical currently touring Europe, Bollywood producters have cut out Meera Syal and done their own show. And if you’re going to do Bollywood unironically, why not use professional dancers and singers rather than inexperienced 2nd genners? Unlike Broadway and West End, the European markets aren’t sniffy about local accents.
The musical sounds like [...]

The Pakistani chief appeared on 60 Minutes again before joking around on The Daily Show. His ghostwritten memoir has sparked indignant, front-page rebuttals from Indian military analysts. The dictator-in-chief has hardly been trustworthy on nuke prolif, elections, bin Laden and terrorism.
But rupees are rupees; the book is currently #3 on the Amazon.com bestseller list, [...]

Desi-drawn Web comic Applegeeks (re-?) introduces a character named Shivani. Ogle in full.
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Slate has fun coming up with a George ‘Macaca‘ Allen insult generator (via Wonkette):

At the IAAC film fest, the Irish-Indian animated short called Horn Ok Please looks adorable:

Horn Ok Please is the story of a momentous day in the life of a Bombay taxi driver named Karma. Karma’s dream is to earn enough rupees to buy his own taxi and be free of the hefty taxi rental fee [...]

Taj Mahal Badalandabad ([Kal] Penn) arrives at England’s prestigious Camford University… Things quickly turn sour… when Taj learns that he has been rejected by the exclusive campus fraternity, the Fox and Hounds [and its chief Pip]… Taj sweeps into The Barn, the oldest dorm on campus, and quickly transforms it and its lackluster members into [...]

All sorts of things can be said about how the worst attributes of Western food culture are seeping into India, but I think these women and their juicy-juicy mangoes says it all:

Amit says the Hindoos don’t do it. Manish says some Indians can’t do it. But some desis sure can dance.
I caught Sacred Monsters the other day. This is the joint venture between ballet star Sylvie Guillem and kathak-extraordinaire, Akram Khan, which just premiered at Sadler’s Wells in London.

The British production itself is a multi-cultural affair, [...]

With a new playground and capoeira lessons for kids, the Bandra seashore is getting more kid-friendly. It’s all for the children’s: