Director Swati Bhise and actor Devika Bhise have brought the story of Lakshmibai, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi to the big screen, a tribute to Indian womanhood.
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Some stories have so much power – and there’s such a need for them! I had done this in-depth story on adoption four years ago & I’m amazed readers who are looking to adopt come to it even today for information. So I thought I’d share it again and would love your input and personal experiences with the process of adopting children from India. I do intend to revisit this topic in the coming months and would love your insights.
Lassi with Lavina reaches 100.5 k monthly visitors on Pinterest with evocative images from Indian art, Bollywood, celebrities, food & travel for the India lover
Deepika Padukone stars in ‘Chhapaak’ a true-life story of an acid survivor. It co-stars Vikrant Massey, is directed by Meghna Gulzar & co-produced by Padukone.
Nazanin Boniadi in Hotel Mumbai: “It is a face-off between good and evil, one that was emotionally and physically exhausting for me to portray.”
4180 people reached on Lassi with Lavina FB page – 33 Likes – 302 post clicks Sunita Saxena Manjrekar, Ap…
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi brings the valor and passion of Rani Lakshmibai to the big screen, highlighting this freedom fighter’s efforts to take on the mighty East India Company
New York is a place of new beginnings and something innovative is always happening in the Big City. The digital age may have sounded the death-knell of the printed word but we are in Manhattan, celebrating new books in a new country. Indian writers and books, long unsung in the mainstream, are getting their moment in the limelight with the Wonderland@IAAC Literary festival which is the fifth literary festival organized by the Indo-American Arts Council.
Prabal Gurung is a reigning prince of style in New York, but never far from the issues of the larger world, be it women’s power or the impact of education for children in forgotten corners of Nepal.
The passing of Shashi Kapoor has robbed the world of one of the most delightful smiles in the world, one of the most loved faces in the Hindi film industry. There may have been more dashing heroes, more powerful muscle-bound anti-heroes, more adept dancers but for his teenage fans he will always be the ‘Ingle Mingle Heartthrob’ a moniker given to him because of his toothy smile which only added to his adorable persona.
It was a sold-out event, one of Children’s Hope India’s (CHI) most successful fundraising galas with over 500 guests from the tri-state area.
The theme of the evening was Children on the Move and it celebrated the upward progress of children through education and enhanced opportunities through CHI programs.
1063 people reached – 44 engagements on Lassi with Lavina FB page The Sweet Requiem – Do Not Forget Tibet…
As a journalist, I’ve always been intrigued by the unique experiences, sights and sounds of individual lives, a billion stories waiting to be told. Immigrants who’ve traveled to a new country always have their idiosyncratic cache of memories, of a past which belongs only to themselves.
8335 people reached on Lassi with Lavina FB page – 1196 engagements – 130 Likes Part-time New Yorker Priyanka…
f you can’t go to the Jaipur Literature Festival, the festival comes to you with its traveling caravan of writers and poets and raconteurs. It is good news for the many disaporic communities that this wandering festival now comes to New York, Boulder, Colorado and its latest stop is Toronto, Canada.
Indian art is playing a big role at Asia Art Week with antiquities and contemporary South Asian art highlighted in auctions and exhibits.
Ashok Amritraj is the most successful Indian film producers in Hollywood with over a 100 films to his credit.
Ayurveda holds the secret to living a healthy, beautiful life. Ayurvedic practitioner Simmi Chopra Bhatia shares tips in her lectures at Pure Yoga East in NY.
Even as tensions build between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, one can’t help but remember the softer, gentler things these two neighbors – originally one country – share in common: a love for mangoes and gulab jamun, a passion for cricket, Bolly]wood – and of course, ethnic fashion
ooking for a real fun, feel-good experience? Take a trip on ‘Mission Mangal’ to Mars with Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Tapsee Pannu and a gang of talented Bollywood actors, reenacting India’s historic mission to Mars.