by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 4, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
Welcome to the first post of the new year and I’ve got some great news to share. Remember that post I had on the Indian bar in Mumbai that resembles Beirut? Well, the journalist who came up with that statement has received my Looks Like Beirut certificate and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 26, 2009 | Looks Like Beirut
I’d never guess that the Indians would stoop down this this level: Rated by popular travel guide Lonely Planet as the best bar in Mumbai’s suburbs, Zenzi, situated on Waterfield Road in Bandra, now resembles a bombed-out joint in Beirut or Baghdad. Wow,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 15, 2009 | Business
The Lebanese chocolate manufacturer we all love to hate has some royal following: When it comes to chocolates, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum of Dubai, reportedly serves only Patchi chocolates. The Lebanese brand is said to be the royalty’s official choice. And...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 24, 2009 | Regional News
When we are not fighting each other, we are helping each other out: Israel has accused the Indian troops part of the UN peacekeepers along its border with Lebanon of doing nothing to prevent the infiltration of Hezbollah supporters into its territory, but on the...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 10, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
…when it comes to Lebanese-Indian relations. Not all Lebanese are self-centered racists: A young Lebanese man on Friday saved the life of a drowning Indian driver whose vehicle had fallen into the sea at Abu Dhabi Free Port. Rabie Al Boubu, 33, did not think...