One of India’s most beautiful women and one of India’s most mediocre actress converge in the Bollywood historical romance Jodhaa Akbar (click here to read the review). And unless you’ve just come in from Mars, you know we are talking about Aishwarya Rai, or Ash as she is popularly referred to by the fawning Indian […]
Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Babe Amte, has died. The 94-year-old social worker died of cancer at his Anandwan Ashram (in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra) on Friday. A follower of Gandhi, Baba Amte took up several worthy causes including care of leprosy patients and rehabilitation of tribals impacted by construction of large dams.
We all know (at least the reading ones) that Chicken Tikka Masala is now the unofficial national dish of UK. But now it seems even UK’s Royals are publicly acclaiming their fondness for curry. The other day Prince William, second in line to the British throne, dropped by at the Saffron Desi restaurant in Micklegate, […]
Over the years, we’ve watched countless Bollywood, Tamil, Hollywood and other foreign language movies. Here are some of the movies we loved: Amirtham (Tamil) Anbe Sivam (Tamil) Anniyan (Tamil) Aradhana (Hindi) Bicycle Thief (Italian) Blame it on Fidel (French) Black (Hindi) Bobby (Hindi) Bourne Ultimatum Brokeback Mountain Casablanca – Oh, how we loved Ingrid & […]
Transcendental Meditation guru Mahesh Yogi has died. The 91-year-old Indian died at his home in Netherlands, a month after he stepped down as head of his vast organization and retired into silence. Mahesh Yogi’s followers included the Beatles, Mia Farrow, Beach Boy, Mike Love and British singer Donovan. Many summers ago, we attended a short […]
And you thought Mumbai was part of India. Don’t tell that to Mumbai politician Raj Thackeray and his goons. Indian newspapers are full of reports that North Indians (particularly those from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Mumbai are being attacked by supporters of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a regional political party founded by Raj Thackeray […]