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In American culture, it’s becoming increasingly common for parents to be more like your friends than authority figures, but as a desi that can be an uncomfortable situation both for the parents as well as children.
If you can’t go to the MET, the MET comes to you! Enjoy the digital premiere of The Mother of us All’
This morning we learned that we have lost that wonderful chef and human being Floyd Cardoz to Coronavirus. My eyes welled up with tears; I must have met Cardoz briefly about a dozen times over the span of 20 years – but his grace and his integrity stayed with you. That was the kind of person he was.
“In our 178-year history, the New York Philharmonic has weathered the US Civil War and two World Wars and survived the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. We will be back!”
In the age of Coronavirus – human ingenuity creates a mask out of mundane items.
Life in the Time of Coronavirus Here’s why we should be taking it seriously! View this post on Instagram…
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’ has all the Bollywood trimmings – the catchy songs, the hot romance, the dances, the big fat Indian wedding, the comedy, the drama which have made it a box-office hit.
Yet it has something more which will ensure it will become a milestone marker in Hindi film history.
Four artistes tell you all about love: As Simmi Chopra Bhatia, executive director of SAMMA says, “A musical theater of this sort has never been done.”
Oscar nominations for Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan’s documentary short ‘St. Louis Superman’
spent a lot of today thinking about the unpredictability of life and why things happen the way they do. The helicopter crash, the meaningless deaths of all on board including the basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old prodigy daughter Gianna. The random nature of life is the enigma we have to face time and again.
Leila Chirayath Janah, 29, recently bagged a whopping $ 1. 25 million in funding from Google for her company, Samasource. Add that in, and this small, non-profit has got close to $ 5 million from several major giant corporations including Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Ebay, Cisco, Facebook, LinkedIn and even the US State Department.
Why have so many blue chip organizations put their faith in this little-known non-profit?
The idea behind Samasource is audacious – that the poorest of the poor are equal to the larger world community and quite capable of doing good work when they are entrusted with it, rather than just being given handouts and pity. In fact, Sama means equal in Sanskrit and it is Leila’s way of bringing the poor into the hi-tech world.
It started like a whispering rustle around the world, a soft rumbling and become this mighty force of marchers from Paris to Washington DC which also poked its way into my quiet apartment in New York. It seemed almost sacrilegious to be just spending a cerebral work afternoon at my computer when right on my streets so much action was taking place.
Dr. Nirmal Mattoo may be far away from the Vale of Kashmir, the place where he was born, but its sheer beauty, sense of community and native customs have stayed with him, even in far-off New York. He has tried to bring the wisdom and beauty of India, including that of his hometown, to share with the larger world.
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.
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