Talwar Gallery continues its tradition of bringing ground breaking artwork by un-NRI folks from all around the planet to Planet Manhattan. The latest one is an exhibit of photos and artworks by a long forgotten mastero: Nasreen Mohamedi. On exhibit are rare photographic works created by the artist from the early 1960s to the late … Continue reading Fading photos, shining talent

The New York Times Magazine:: Jhumpa Lahiri, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, thinks the new American fad for all things Indian is pretty funny and off base. Let’s start with yoga. She has a new book out. The Namesake is here second shot at literary fame. She did quite well in her debut. The Interpreter of … Continue reading Jumpha is so un-NRI, and we love her

The New York Times has finally discovered Monica Ali’s amazing new book, Brick Lane. Actually they quite like the book. Ali’s first book has spent most of this summer on the British best-seller lists, a popular success fueled by a critical one: earlier this year, Granta named her as one of Britain’s 20 best young … Continue reading Monica (Ali) takes Manhattan

August 21st Basement Bhangra & the End of the British Raj @ SOB’s in NYC August 22nd dj Cheb i Sabbah and Zakham @ Knitting Factory in NYC August 28th Karsh Kale @ Bowery Ballroom in NYC Continue reading On my calendar…

A Proposal I Never Thought I’d Consider. Sabaa Saleem, a student at UCLA, and a summer intern working as a copy editor on The Washington Post’s Foreign desk has a rather interesting argument favoring arranged marriage. Like so many other young South Asians in America, I am the product of two cultures whose conflicting values … Continue reading In praise of Arranged Marriage

Well everyone has heard about the California Recall and Arnold and 134 other gubernatorial candidates. What you don’t know is that one desi, Tony Srivastava, has thrown his hat in the ring as well.Tony runs a cruise travel agency in Covina, California. We have heard there is another N.R.I. in the race, but no details … Continue reading Travel Agent, a Gubernatorial candidate

Is all well in the Zakaria household? Farid Zakaria, the best selling author (Future of Freedom et. al) and an editor at Newsweek International has been on a hitting streak that matches Barry Bonds, or if you prefer Sachin Tendulkar. On the flip side, Arshad Zakaria, one of the two other Zakaria’s has just been … Continue reading Zakaria versus Zakaria

They were dead giveaways in their shiny white sneakers and dress slacks: hi-tech Indian workers in Silicon Valley on H1-B work visas. But more than Indian surgeons or entrepreneurs, they’ve put Indian Americans on the cultural map nationwide. As the Silicon Valley economy splutters, the ubiquitous H1-B engineers who came to the United States on … Continue reading How HI-bs changed California

Taking his cue from the Rolling Stones, Tibetian spiritual leader, Dalai Lama is once again on a StateSide tour. The Dalai Lama comes back strong in September, with the hype of a concert tour. Earlier this month a brand-new 30-by-40-foot billboard was erected across from the Condˆ© Nast building on Times Square, announcing the Tibetan … Continue reading Dalai Lama Tour 2003

Thomas John, one of the 2002’s ten best chef’s according to Food & Wine magazine, when asked what he would eat on a $10 budget: “”I’d probably go hungry.” John who worked at Le Meriden in New Delhi is now the head chef at Mantra, in Boston. Delhi chokra with such attitude. Continue reading Dear John … no need to be a snob