by Riz Merchant | May 14, 2012 | Event Previews
TiEcon 2012, marks its 18th year as “The World’s Largest Conference for Entrepreneurs” and has been convening since 1994. This annual meet serves to facilitate the networking of entrepreneurial eco-system, not only in the Silicon Valley, but also globally. The...
by Riz Merchant | Nov 12, 2011 | Event Previews
Pakistani singer Riffat Sultana has arrived. An invitation by the prestigious Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles to perform is a culmination of years of patience, training, and suppression by a conservative society that barred her from singing to an audience....
by Riz Merchant | Apr 1, 2011 | Entertainment, Films
The recently concluded Cinequest film festival in San Jose featured four films of Indian origin. We bring you mini reviews of these films. Troublemaker Rekha (Pranidhi Varshney), an award-winning writer in her school-days, is now reduced to scribbling one-liners on...
by Riz Merchant | Dec 10, 2010 | Entertainment, Films
An eclectic mix of people gathered outside the Castro theatre on a blustery, rainy day in San Francisco, to catch movies screened at the Eighth Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival (SFISAFF). A strategically-placed snack stall served hot...
by Riz Merchant | Sep 13, 2010 | Entertainment, Event Previews, Films
SOCH LO. Director: Sartaj Singh Pannu. Players: Barkha Madan, Sartaj Singh Pannu, Iris maity, Nishan Nanaiah. Theatrical Release: Golden Gate Creations Devoid of any memory of his past and his identity, a bloody and battered man regains consciousness to find himself...
