Bringing Indian festivals home for the second generation I don't know about the origins of Durga Puja, although I know it is a celebration of Ma Durga. I know she is the main goddess for Bengalis......
NaMo supporters in New York and New Jersey step out to celebrate the BJP's election victory, reports Aseem Chhabra. They chanted "Modi, Modi" in Times Square as Arnab Goswami's show was being......
Aseem Chhabra travels to China, where he is delighted to find, that there is a little bit of India, almost everywhere he goes. I was in the massive Forbidden City complex in Beijing last Friday......
The Renkoji Temple is a lot smaller than other grand Buddhist shrines in Japan. In front of the gate, in a very serene setting, is the bust of Netaji. Aseem Chhabra reports from Tokyo. On all my......
Aseem Chhabra, a Bollywood lover who has lived in New York for over 30 years, narrates how he overcame his summer woes to watch Nikhil Advani’s gangster flick D-Day in a theatre across the......
'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.' IMAGE: Boys with their faces painted in silver during Holi celebrations in......
Martin Scorsese's new film -- while quite enjoyable at times -- seems like a never-ending exercise in decadence and debauchery, says Aseem Chhabra, who preferred the powerful Philomena instead. A......
The countdown to the World's Best 100 Movies finally ends here! Do read Aseem Chhabra's list of must watch films, many classics, some relatively new and several personal favourites. Don't Miss:......
'Agra is about sexuality and sexual repression, and the relationship of sexuality to the physical spaces that we are in.' IMAGE: Priyanka Bose as Priti and Mohit Agarwal as Guru in Agra. In 2014,......
May the best win! With the 87th Annual Academy Awards just a few days away, Rediff's critics -- Raja Sen, Aseem Chhabra and Sukanya Verma -- are making their Oscar predictions! Take a......