Obama nominates Indo-American to National Council of Arts

Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher Ranee Ramaswamy, 60,has been nominated by United States President Barack Obama as a member to the National Council of Arts, a key administration position.Ramaswamy......

Salman Rushdie, You Are A Fighter

As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year-old man and a literary treasure,......

Ash's lehnga choli to be auctioned

Some 300 New Yorkers will gather at Christie's and listen to a speech by New York's Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton and an introduction by the United Nations Undersecretary General Shashi Tharoor......

Indo-American gets 2nd term on US nuclear trade committee

The Srinagar-born expert was consulted by the Bush administration when the US and India began negotiating the civil nuclear deal. Aziz Haniffa reportsSrinagar-born Dr Vijay Sazawal, 67, one of the......

Glimpses of Bollywood in the Big Apple

"This is not fair, this is not fair at all," said a young woman to her friend looking wistfully at the stage. "All this is so beautiful but we have to get back to work." She was watching a group......

Milind Soman in Black writer's next

Milind Soman and his French wife Mylene Jampanoi are in New York for theirfilm Valley Of Flowers, which will be showcased at the ongoing Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival. Milind......

First Look: New York supports Water

TheIndo-American Arts Council brought in the Oscars with a fun party in New York. The Oscar Winners In the foreground is IAAC Executive Director Aroon Shivdasani. Also seen was Manu Narayan......

When Rishi Kapoor wanted a drink...

Two first time directors --- Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas --- triumphed over the Bengali language works of veterans Aparna Sen (Iti Mrinalini) and Rituparno Ghosh (Noukadubi) with......