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- Munnabhai Goes to Jail? Sanjay Dutt Sentenced to Six Years
In what has been described as stunning and surprising news, Munnabhai...
- Profile: Mayawati, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh's new Chief Minister (CM) Mayawati is back as the head of the state for the fourth time. This...
- Twitter, Twitter, Twitter... Does It Really Work?
Twitter this, twitter that, have you used Twitter... oh, the number of times I have...
- India A Superpower?
"India A Superpower? Think Again," writes Cait Murphy, Assistant Managing Editor of Fortune. I confess the title caught my eye...
- iPod or Zune? White Wire Revolution or Black Wire Revolution?
iPod or Zune? Zune or iPod? This question has resulted in an endless loop function for me with no answers...
- India and Latin America: Tata Consultancy Services and Uruguay
Thomas Friedman has an op-ed in The New York Times (Sept 22, 2006) on India and Latin...
- Penelope Cruz + Javier Moro's Pasion India + Anita Delgado of Kapurthala
Actress Penelope Cruz is working on her first directorial film project based on Javier Moro's book Pasion India. Penelope...
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee Passes Away
Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee, 84, passed away in Mumbai. Mr. Mukherjee's films shaped the sensibilities of an entire generation...
- YouTube-ization
YouTube-ization. YouTube + politics make for a potent combination, and The New York Times has a timely article on...
- The Darjeeling Unlimited: New Hollywood Film From Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
Wes Anderson and his long-time pal Owen Wilson, one of my favorite...
- Friendship Day
Tomorrow, August 6th, is Friendship Day. Did you know that? I had no clue about it. I got to...
- That Long Flight To India
Those who live in the US and make their annual or bi-annual pilgrimage to India will connect with this piece...
- New York is Hot!
"It is hot, real hot, it so hot that you can cook stuff bleeeeeep, bleeeeep, bleeeeep" stuff edited for language...that...
- Gurucharan Das on The Indian Model
The Foreign Affairs magazine (Sept/Oct) edition has an article titled The Indian Model by Gurucharan Das. Two...
- Rudest City in the World. Aamchi Mumbai? Nah....
In the last twenty-four hours enough digital ink has been used on this debate about of the rudest city in...
- Chindia + Reopening Old Trade Routes
Chindia. New word, new interpretation and a new world order? Economic consideration is re-shaping and driving this current phase...
- Dr. Salman Akhtar on Bollywood and Indan Unconsiousness
How do you make sense of Hindi cinema, or Bollywood? How do you make sense of it especially in a...
- Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (KANK) by Karan Johar + New York
KANK or Kabhi Alvidha Na Kehna is slated to release shortly and probably will go head to head with...
- Laloo Chocolate/Candy, Anyone? Wanting Them?
Laloo toffees anyone? After the laloorabri marriage website, it is the turn of Chetak Products of Delhi to launch,...
- Watching "FIllums" in India Vs. the USA
I love watching Indian films, whether it is Hindi, Telugu, Kannada or Tamil (these are languages I understand). It...
- The Rahul Mahajan Case and Indian TV
The Rahul Mahajan case brings back memories of another episode that happened long time ago thousands of...
- The Story of Indu Devi Sharma
This is the story of Indu Devi Sharma, and in some ways of a new and changing India. Indu is...
- The Struggle with Web 2.0: You Are Not Alone...
A few days ago I wrote about the challenges in using these new and wonderful web 2.0 tools. I...
- Raw Materials by Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa
We generally do not associate Indian-American and jazz musicians together when we talk about the desi community in the US....
- Can You Make Money From Blogging?
Blogging has arrived and there is money to be made. I recently spoke with two power bloggers: Rafat Ali of...
- Cell Phones And SMS In India
India, as is often repeated, has the fastest growing cell phone market in the world. India is also an interesting...
- The Great Game, the Northwest Frontier and the British Raj
The Northwest frontier and "The Great Game" are twin topics that keep showing up in the International press radar. Interestingly,...
- Types of Desi Travellers
Twice a year there is a mad exodus from the USA to go to Mother India. This is an almost...
- Interview: Roy Moxham on "Malabar Dreams"
Last week when I was in London I met with author Roy Moxham author of The Great Hedge...
- Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and Mapping the Himalayas
I always wanted to know who measured and mapped the great trans-himalayan range and how it was done. What kind...
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