Oh no, scary! The bombs went off in some really populated spots like Connaught Place and Karol Bagh...

Quoted: Five bombs rip through busy markets in India's capital, Delhi, killing at least 14 people and wounding 80, police say.

Um... I mean... and they freaked over the Richard Gere kiss?!

Quoted: Last month, the Indian government suspended a television advertisement for Axe men's deodorant, made by Mumbai-based Hindustan Unilever Ltd. The ad shows a man transform into a walking chocolate figurine after spraying himself with Axe's Dark Temptation deodorant. As he walks through the city, women throw themselves at him, licking and biting off various parts of his body.

Okay, this is seriously effed up.

Quoted: The juxtaposition between poverty and growing wealth presents an unsavory dilemma for luxury goods makers jumping into India.

I'm oddly intrigued by the latest big Bollywood release about a rock band that almost makes it big in India, breaks up, and reunites 10 years later...

Quoted: The film revolves around 4 young boys who put together the greatest band this country had ever seen but never make it. Ten years hence fate conspires to bring them together again and set them on a journey back to where they left off. A soul searching pilgrimage into their past.

Great piece from the NY Times about how economic liberalization could help India break free from the caste system.

Quoted: Chandra Bhan Prasad’s argues that India’s economic liberalization is about to destroy the caste system.

LOL - classic Bollywood move. Bet they're not used to actually getting sued, though.

Quoted: Bollywood producers set to release a film called "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors" are working to fend off a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. that claims the movie title hews too closely to their mega-famous Harry Potter franchise.

Looks like India's going to wrap up the Olympics with 3 medals - not bad!

Quoted: Indian middleweight Vijender Kumar loses his semi-final bout but picks up bronze - India's first Olympic boxing medal.

A thoughtful commentary on the meaning of India's independence day (which is today)...

Quoted: Indian best selling author Chetan Bhagat on his thoughts on India's 61st Independence Day.

So sad...

Quoted: Pilgrims, many of them children, were trampled on a hillside in northern India after rumors of a landslide fueled a stampede.