February 1, 2012

India Videos

Creative title for this blog post, I realize.  Well, I wanted to get to the point.  Here’s the repository of all of our India videos… in one place. I list…

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January 31, 2012

… And Have 31 Things to Say About It

I’m back in the States and, as promised, here is the second of two blog posts about our 8-city tour thru India, sponsored by the US State Dept.  Yes, it…

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January 12, 2012

3 Comedians Walk into a Bhar-at…

Comedian Rajiv Satyal, half of the founding members of Make Chai Not War, shares his thoughts halfway thru a 7-city tour thru India. Well, not exactly halfway, as that would be smack in the middle of the 4th show. But close enough.

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December 28, 2011

January 2012 India Tour Info

The US State Department is sponsoring Make Chai, Not War to go to India.  MCNW is a Hindu-Muslim Comedy Showcase, co-developed and -produced by Azhar Usman and me.  Hari Kondabolu…

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December 26, 2011

2012 Goals

I lay out my goals for 2012. Good that I wrote an excerpt. You could never have surmised this from the title.

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December 19, 2011

New Year’s Leave

“Funny Indian Rajiv Satyal sits down with Sulekha to give us his take on what New Year’s Eve is all about.” That’s the coming caption. Here’s the entry.

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December 7, 2011

My Best Blog Posts of 2011

Of course, not all of my blog posts are amazing.  In fact, many are not.  But these are the ones that stood out for me over the course of 2011. …

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December 6, 2011

2011 Accomplishments

Because you can take the boy out of Corporate America but you can’t take Corporate America out of the boy, I still do a year-end business review. On 3 Jan…

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I’m Obsessed with Kyle Bass

My friend who has his own financial blog sent out a video featuring this genius investor, Kyle Bass. So, I’ve been Googling and YouTubing the heck out of this guy….

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November 29, 2011

Hundred-Dollar Idea

“Money can’t buy happiness but it can sure rent it.”  So goes the old saying. Here’s a million-dollar idea – and possibly one They are already working on. I don’t…

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November 21, 2011

RA-Lost

RA-Jiv Reviews RA-One.

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November 14, 2011

Penn State Jokes (They’re Bad… & Why That’s Good)

Comedian Rajiv Satyal explains why offensive jokes about a defensive coach are necessary.

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November 8, 2011

Why NY Rules & LA Sucks / Why LA Rules & NY Sucks

Comedian Rajiv Satyal breaks down the pros and cons of the USA’s two largest cities, writing a pro-NY column and then a pro-LA column, with a mix of humor, numbers, and pop culture.

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November 3, 2011

The World According to Americans

A friend sent this to me.  = )  

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November 1, 2011

Song of the Decade

I had dinner with my friend, Raman, the other night, telling him that I was trying to assemble a Song of the Decade list.  He told me that it was…

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October 18, 2011

No Journey Is Too Great When One When One Finds What He… Sikhs

That’s a quote from Friedrich Nietzsche.  I know that because I am very cultured.  And because I’ve seen Coming to America about 30 times. Fauja Singh didn’t come to America….

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October 17, 2011

Writing about Righting Some Wrongs by Righting the Right

I’ve been in NY on & off for about a month and will be here till next week.  We happened to drive by Occupy Wall Street a couple of days…

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October 10, 2011

Joking About Steve Jobs’ Passing Just Isn’t PC

As I mentioned in my NL last week, the news of Steve Jobs’ passing has affected me more than I thought possible. I watched several tribute videos and re-watched his…

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October 3, 2011

…And I Feel Finest Worksong

Well, I didn’t feel ‘em enough as those tracks didn’t make my list but several others did… so, allow me to Document. Last week, I wrote a blog post about…

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September 26, 2011

It’s The End of R.E.M. As We Know It

R.E.M. broke up last week. In some ways, this reminds me of when Michael Jordan retired from the Washington Wizards.  When he left the Chicago Bulls (for the second time)…

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