Ideas Without Boundaries.
Ismat Chugtai was born in 1915 in pre-partition India and became a feminist when the Muslim community did not know what feminism meant. The youngest of nine children and an unwelcome one because she was a girl, Ismat reportedly began writing on scraps of papers Read More …
I’m single because I was born that way” – Mae West Perhaps nothing consumes the South Asian community more than the obsession with marriage. Internet dating services, matrimonial ads in community publications, masala cruises, the ever thriving aunty network, all are geared with one aim Read More …
If I see someone (who) comes in that’s got a diaper on his head and a fan belt wrapped around the diaper on his head, that guy needs to be pulled over,” – Congressman John Cooksey, a Republican member from Louisiana who sits on the Read More …
Sunil Dutt’s family members recall life with one of the doyens of Indian cinema. He lost his father when he was 5, his family was rendered penniless and homeless by the ravages of partition, and yet Sunil Dutt lived through the rough years with passion Read More …
As the melting pot syndrome continues in the US, the Indian community continues to see a rising trend of hybrid marriages – across racial, cultural, national, and religious divides. Khabar set out to talk to a few such couples to find out what makes them Read More …
The Final Journey Sunil Dutt reflects on his life and films in one of his last interviews, months before his May 25 death. He lost his father when he was 5, his family was rendered penniless and homeless by the ravages of partition, and yet Read More …
“I realized that giving is something that no one can take away from you. The rewards of giving go far beyond money and material things. Giving is something you will be able to take with you wherever you go for the rest of your life.” Read More …
He has excelled as an actor in all three mediums, theater, television and films. He has won both the National Award and the Filmfare award, among others. Today Paresh Rawal admits that he is in an enviable position when it comes to picking roles that Read More …
Just as Paresh Rawal hasn’t allowed himself to be typecast in one mould on celluloid, he has retained the same fresh approach to the plays he directs and acts in. “Unlike most productions which seem to be wrapped up in a month, my plays take Read More …
When you think of melody and meditation Shiv Kumar Sharma’s music should automatically come to mind. When you think of percussion perfection there is no greater icon of tabla than Zakir Hussain. When you bring them together on stage as Emory University’s Department for Asian Read More …
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