Sri Lankan-Aussie pro baller Chantella Perera, 5′9″, is a rainmaker in Melbourne for the Dandenong Rangers (via Brown People):
Perera was a member of the Australian Sapphires team which won a silver medal in the under 21 World Championships… after a four-year playing and studying stint at Fresno State… [Link]
Chantella is the second daughter of […]
The title of a new fetish site, or the real results of the Bangalore Open? Presenting Venus and Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic (thanks, Dari):
The DLF Indian Premier League’s team names have been announced following the latest round of player-bidding. Some are more inventive than others (cf. The Mumbai Indians). Of note, Kolkata’s owner Shah Rukh Khan said he chose ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ to “appeal to the youth”. I’m unsure which youth he’s referring to (especially since an […]
While most Indian cricket journalists Down Under are busy celebrating the tri-series win and falling over each other trying to get silly quotes, that intrepid adventurer and eater Shamya Dasgupta has other things on his plate. Namely, possums. He kindl…
Meaningless quote of the day:”He has scored 16,000 runs. I haven’t even played 16,000 balls.”- M S Dhoni, asked about Sachin Tendulkar not doing too well in the Commonwealth Series (before yesterday’s match, of course)First, the answer has absolutely n…
A mailing list rental house owned by Clinton donor Vinod Gupta ran a Super Bowl ad featuring a Ramesh doing a straight-up Apu impersonation, complete with that fake accent and seven kids. Why would a desi-owned company run that accent, playing to a racial caricature propelled into Americana by comedians in brownface? And their panda […]
The Niners: all about the nnumerologgy
After weeks of being surrounded by people in ostentatious Patriots jerseys and Southie accents, I’ve finally decoded our national obsession with football. And it’s related to why Americans find cricket so tedious. It’s about prosthetics.
Donning helmet and shoulder pads lets steroid-inflated men inflict immense violence for our entertainment without the […]
The latest from the Indian sports wire…
The IPL will be fairly pleased with how 2008 is unfolding so far. January has seen an estimated influx of almost $1.75 billion as famous faces and lucrative TV deals have poured money in. After the sour first half of the Indian tour Down Under, a Test win and […]
…says a banner held up by one of the spectators during this fantastic semi-final between Rafa and Carlos Moya at the Chennai Open. 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, a three-set match that lasted nearly four hours (the longest three-setter since 1993), and consistently …
We’ve talked racing before.
The OTHER motor racing championship rumbles on and Team Sui (Switzerland) has taken an impressive lead. The chief reason for this is lead Swiss driver, Neel Jani. His website reveals Neel’s Mum is Swiss and his Dad Indian. Perhaps Vijay Mallya will approach Jani for his Force India F1 team, as he […]
Didn’t think much of Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal; in fact I can’t remember the last time I found it so hard to sit through a film (no wait, that would be this one, which was even harder). However, the film was partly redeemed by the best scene involving a…
Vijay Mallya, of Kingfisher fame, and Dutch businessman Michiel Mol bought British-based Formula One team Spyker earlier this month and Mallya has now announced the team will be renamed Force India F1 from next season. The logo has been designed, but not revealed. It will comprise the tricolor of the Indian flag and will feature […]
A feature in this week’s TIME reminded me of a sporting derby that runs deeper than Arsenal vs Spurs, Rangers vs Celtic or some American ’sport’ equivalent I don’t know. My grandfather’s brother-in-law used to own East Bengal Football Club but the rest of my family have always been die-hard Mohun Bagan fans, so this […]
In this clip, a Sikh sepoy in brownface experiences Bruce Lee’s Jing Wu Men (Fist of Fury) outside Shanghai Park under Japanese occupation (thanks, khoofia). Lust, Caution also showed desi traffic cops under a later Japanese occupation.
A … standing ovation occurred when Chen shattered the “No Dogs and Chinese Allowed” sign, with elderly audiences who […]