Renowned writer Ved Mehta, who took India to Americans, passes away at 86

Celebrated Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who overcame blindness and became widely known as the 20th-century writer most responsible for introducing American readers to India, has died at his......

Farewell, Floyd

Aseem Chhabra remembers Master Chef Floyd Cardoz who died of coronavirus in New York on Wednesday. IMAGE: Floyd Cardoz, the legendary chef, at work at his restaurant Tabla in the early 2000s. All......

Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais passes away

Rediff.com regrets to inform you that our dear colleague Arthur J Pais passed away in New Jersey on Friday. Arthur, an Editor at Rediff.com and India Abroad -- the Indian-American newsweekly owned......

US Surgeon General Vivek H Murthy, India Abroad Person of the Year 2014

The India Abroad Person of the Year Awards, held at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City on Friday June 12, honoured 14 achievers in seven categories. Image: US Surgeon......

Rishi's brother, Rajiv Kapoor, passes away

IMAGE: Rajiv Kapoor. Photograph: Kind courtesy Neetu Kapoor/Instagram Actor-director Rajiv Kapoor, son of celebrated filmmaker-actor Raj Kapoor, passed away on Tuesday, February 9. He was 58.......

The Legend is dead, his work lives on

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Tushar Bandyopadhya in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, He was the actor who epitomised the best of world cinema, transcending the boundaries of country, state and......

A Shashi Kapoor movie you must see

Shakespeare Wallah had been out of circulation for a long time, but a restored version of the film opened in New York on November 10.It will travel after that to other cities in the US and......

Why I am thankful to Hasan Minhaj

'You made me realise that it is great to be brown, even if we are currently living under Donald Trump's false definition of America.''In my 36 years in America there have been few instances where I......