DesiPundit

The Popular Weekly Links is back (did you miss it?) The last two weeks was a mix of Bollywood musings and personal anecdotes . Here are the top ten:

We don’t have the paparazzi but we still have the power rankings. Aspi lists the most powerful people in Bollywood today ranked in the order of their influence over others [posted by Ash].

Nostalgia and longing for desi stuff are the two obsessions of the Indian diaspora. Incidentally, Gori Girl too feels the pain as she lists the three essentially Indian brands that she misses in the U.S. [posted by Patrix]

Sunday weddings can be a tough ask for sleepy friends. Kraz had the hilarious experience of making one gigantic mistake while attending one such Sunday wedding [posted by Patrix].

Gaurav Mishra, an ex-DesiPundit, obsessed social media enthusiast, and brand manager has embarked on an unique experiment of going off consumption for a year. He plans to document his experiences on a blog dedicated to the experiment [posted by Patrix]

Bollywood’s penchant for pinching music is well known and we all know at least couple of blatant ripoffs. Karthik Srinivasan, founder of a website that lists all such plagiarizing attempts, talks to Kamla Bhatt about his venture [posted by Patrix].

Talking and writing about India is a rising fascination except we’re inundated with cliches and examples of exoticism. Ashutosh rants on one of the primary culprit, Shashi Tharoor who seems to have a superficial understanding of the country [posted by Patrix].

Bollywood reviews are always a big hit with our readers even if the movie isn’t. Jai Arjun, an astute student of cinema can really rip into a movie like he does with Race although he enjoyed it [posted by Patrix].

Anil Kumble has one of his worst experiences as captain of the Indian team in Ahmedabad. But on his way there aboard a low-cost airline, he impressed one of his fans [posted by Patrix].

The Sixth Pay Commission Report was released recently. Glowfriend provided a fine multi-part analysis of the implications of the report [posted by Patrix].