A Tako for Berkeley

The annual Berkeley Kite Festival, took place in the eponymous city in California in July, featuring Japanese kites, and hosted workshops to teach the ancient craft of maki...

Drumming in the Darkness

As the world readies itself to observe a complete solar eclipse on the 21^st August 2017, several people in the United States are preparing themselves for a diffe...

What’s Indie Music Anyway?

Imagine being at one of these multi-artiste gigs or award ceremonies that are becoming the norm across India. They start with a Hindi singer-songwriter, go on to a band fus...

Should Goa or Delhi run the International Film Festival of India? The plot thickens

The 47th edition of the International Film Festival of India has commenced in Goa, and has been preceded by the by-now familiar jostling over jurisdiction between the two m...

CMA Music Festival Lineup Has Someone For Everyone

OK, Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain and George Strait aren’t on the schedule, but practically every other country artist who made or aspired to the charts du...

Durga Puja Special

For many years now I have enjoyed Puja in Bombay, the city of our adoption like thousands of probasi Bengalis. The Bengali community was once close, everyone knew ...

John Elway Honored At Star-Studded Carousal Ball

John Elway, Pro Hall of Fame Quarterback, and his wife Paige were recently honored at the Carousal Ball for being incredible ambassadors in the Denver community. In additio...

Hrithik Roshan Will Be Painting In Dubai

Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan, who’s currently perfecting his dance moves for the inaugural IPL ceremony, will be in Dubai next month to try his hand at something ne...

“Marriage – Bond or Bondage”

“Are you married?” the Hollywood actress was asked on a TV show.

“Sometimes!” she answered.

The response is one amongst the variant ...