Ideas Without Boundaries.
Competent is the Enemy of the Brilliant” For all he has achieved or survived, says Anupam Kher, this is only the intermission of his life. It is said real life happens to you while you are busy making plans. The only thing Anupam Kher planned Read More …
She is known as much for her beauty, her knee length long tresses and dimples as she is for her prowess at badminton, and her sari collection. A celebrated theater actress, who took a 15 year hiatus to raise her son, Kiron Kher returned to Read More …
He was an every day man from a small town in Simla, who came to tinsel town Mumbai with celluloid dreams, and Anupam Kher, who neither had the glamorous looks of a movie star or a god father in the film industry, followed his dreams Read More …
Divorce is still a bad word in the South Asian Diaspora. Here, Kavita Chhibber offers a look at a few who courageously defied the stigma, beat the odds, and came out stronger. Love is a beautiful bird, begging capture but refusing injury” – Kahlil Gibran Read More …
She was transplanted from Kenya as a toddler to Britain where her father was turned down for a position at Barclay’s Bank in London because he was a Sikh. After stints as a BBC news reporter, she went on to direct award-winning documentaries for the Read More …
A little Marwari boy in what he called a Marwari ghetto, in a not so affluent section of Kolkata, in a conservative family where films were frowned upon, Jagmohan Mundhra secretly dreamed of becoming a filmmaker when others dreamt of being cricket and film stars. Read More …
He has recently completed 23 years in films, and at 41 Anil Kapoor looks fit as a fiddle. “I have realized how important it is to continue looking good and have always taken care of myself,” he says as we ride together in the limousine Read More …
Petite and pretty Amisha Patel is as unfilmi as they come. The grand daughter of famous lawyer Rajni Patel, Amisha aced her way through academics winning a gold medal in economics at Tufts university before the acting bug bit and she catapulted to fame with Read More …
Reza Sohrabi brought an additional sparkle to Diwali in Atlanta this year when he showcased the talents of three master musicians, Shujaat Khan, son of legendary sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, Kayhan Kalhor, who has single handedly revived the Persian instrument Kamanche and Sandeep Das, Read More …
Seinfeld, the popular TV sitcom, is as big an icon of American pop culture as can be. Jerry Seinfeld, its creator and star, is a Jewish American. So are eccentric entertainer Woody Allen, singer and actress Barbara Streisand, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, CNN anchorman Wolf Blitzer, Read More …