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Kal Penn Rides the Cheetah to Success

By Lavina Melwani • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Category: Cinema

Can two Asian actors – one an Indian and the other a Korean – be regarded as All-American? And can Hollywood actually make a comedy with them in the lead?
They can – and it did.



Kiran Desai: Her Mother’s Daughter

By Lavina Melwani • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Books

Listening to my old tape, I found there were intriguing glimpses of what moves both mother and daughter and the perspectives on the world they share, the values that help them create these very real, very imaginary worlds.



Indian immigrants’ lost world

By Lavina Melwani • Jun 3rd, 2009 • Category: Archives, People, The Buzz

New immigrants in ethnic enclaves tend to have a stronger support system but once they fly the coop into the prestigious suburbs and into Americanization, there is a chasm of distances to overcome between friends.



OUT OF THE BOX

By Lavina Melwani • May 29th, 2009 • Category: People, The Buzz

Vijai Nathan, Nandini Mukherjee and Pooja Narang prove that there’s nothing more rewarding than following a passion and making it a profession!