Hot News Mix: Kal Penn Needs a New Job, They’re Smuggling Drugs in Shan Masala, + More

• We Are Men — the horribly unfunny sitcom starring Kal Penn — becomes yet another early casualty in the fall television season. [Variety]

• Spice up your life! If you’re like me, then you probably end up using heaps of Shan Masala to make every home-cooked dish significantly less lame. Turns out that one of the largest international drug cartels, based out of the UK, was using packets of Shan to make drug trafficking significantly less lame. UK authorities found nearly USD$490 million worth of heroin hidden away in Shan packets, vegetables, bedding, and even sanitary products — in order to smuggle it in from Pakistan, with the intent to flood the UK market. [Daily Mail]

• Indian-American physicians would like to weigh in on this immigration reform thing, thanks. [Financial Express]

• Stop the presses! Priyanka Chopra will be writing the lyrics to her next few singles — none of which have titles as yet. She says, “I am erratic, and much like my own moods, my album will feature all kinds of songs — an angry song, a romantic song, a powerful song and a ballad.” She also co-wrote “Exotic,” so…yeah. [Hindustan Times]

• The consequences of the Maldives’ Supreme Court annulling their recent presidential election amidst reports of election fraud? A torched TV station and Indian neighbors to the north who now sit on uneasy tenterhooks waiting for the other shoe to drop. [Al Jazeera,  Times of India]

Rohin Guha is a contributing editor at The Aerogram. Follow him on Twitter @ohrohin. Find The Aerogram on Twitter @theaerogram.