The Sanjaya Phenomenon
Yes, we are exploring new interests and lifestyles By RAJEEVAN KATTIL One thing all of us can agree about Sanjaya Malakar is that he generates strong emotionsâ€
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Food for Thought
EATING INDIA: AN ODYSSEY INTO THE FOOD AND CULTURE OF THE LAND OF SPICES by Chitrita Banerji. Bloomsbury USA: New York. July 2007. Hardcover. 304 pages. $24.95.
High Noon at High Rise
Shootout at Lokhandwala. Director: Apoorva Lakhia. Players: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi, Tusshar Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan. Music: Anand Raj Ana
Duel
I wake up in the middle of the night and there is a cockroach on my pillow, a few inches from my face. Panicked, I jump out of bed, and the cockroach scampers (
Finding a Home for Music
Music has always been an essential part of Indian life, accompanying everything from weddings to military parades to religious services to farm work. Paradoxica
Get Stuffed!
We have been bombarded with information about the virtues of eating vegetables every day. So we dice it and slice it, grate and mash it, stir-fry it, and often
Six Degrees of Mumbai
Life in a ... Metro. Director: Anurag Basu. Players: Dharmendra, Shiney Ahuja, Shilpa Shetty, Irfan Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut. Mus
First Date
I miss you when the music starts and then when it stops I’m just waiting for it to start again—I miss you in all those spaces in between the music. I go to
Filthy Fill-in-the-Blanks
By DILIP D’SOUZA In his thought-provoking book Revenge & Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History, Rajmohan Gandhi examines the way those two the
If the Kurta Fits
"What on earth are you wearing?" This question was addressed to me, in some form or another, by many of the students gathered for the activities fair last year.
Visas for Spouse, Children, Marriage
Q: I understand that the Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act has a provision for V1, V2, and V3 visas for the spouse and children of a green card holder
