In dead heat, UPA and NDA keep contest alive
The Herculean exercise of a five-phase General Election to Lok Sabha 2009 is over. But the drama will only begin now when the ballots get counted on Saturday and the scramble for numbers begins. So who’s ahead and who’s behind? Will Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) manage to retain the…
Election marathon ends in India
MUMBAI – Indian voters cast their final ballots in the country’s marathon elections on Wednesday, with analysts predicting a shaky coalition government that might struggle to survive a full term. Polling was held across seven states for the fifth and final phase of voting in the world’s largest democratic exercise,…
Fit to be Thai’d: Deejai Thai Restaurant
Thai cuisine is well-worn territory for local food lovers. Even babes in arms have twirled a noodle or two, and who hasn’t had Pad Thai, the quintessential Thai dish? These foods were brought here decades ago as Thai cuisine made its journey across the state from such unlikely places as…