COMMUNITY
American finds home in Hindu India
After 28 years and hundreds of stays in Indian homes, Stephen Huyler says, 'One of the reasons we misunderstand Indian culture is that Hindu society is divided into public and private spheres. Most outsiders don't have any contact with the private sphere.'
MOVIES
Pyar Mein Sauda Nahin: Hrithik and Amisha will have to live on pure love
Kaho Naa Pyar Hai grossed a mere $ 30,000 in its opening weekend. Daily Variety did not mention the film in its top 60 list for the last weekend. The last film on the weekend's top 60 list, Sunshine, a small art-house production, grossed approximately $ 14,000 more than Kaho Naa.
NEWS
Silicon Valley landlord arrested in prostitution charges
Officials in Berkeley said Lakireddy Bali Reddy, who owns over 1,000 apartment units and is a Silicon Valley millionaire, has been charged with importing immigrants from India for prostitution.
OPINION
Temples are not enough!
'In the half century that Indians have been in America in substantial
numbers, there is not a single college or university, or even to our knowledge,
a high school to our name. Ensconcing our culture in a cocoon of temples insulates our community; harnessing our heritage to educationally-oriented institutions can energize it.'
RECENT FEATURES
AAHOA seeks political clout
Though Asian American Hotel Owners Association members own more than half of America's economy hotels and substantial number of luxury hotels, hardly a congressman or senator knows about the association, many of its leaders complain.
'Many of us do not want to join African Americans in any protest'
'We forget that we are reaping the fruits of the civil liberties victories
African Americans won for all minorities in the 1960s and 1970s,' one Indian American protestor at the anti-John Rocker demonstration in Atlanta said.
E-commerce guru launches e-service biz
'You have seen the transition from e-commerce to e-business, now you will see the transition from e-business to e-service. hsupply.com is a great example of the next generation e-service company, because we are telling the customer, "you can fire and forget",' said Dr Ravi Kalakota, founder and CEO of hsupply.com.
Bombay boy hosts tech show for CNET
Hari Sreenivasan, who began his journalism career with alternative radio, will co-host CNET TV.COM, the syndicated technology news programme seen in over 120 markets all over the US.
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