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‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is a perfect “formula” film
Bollywood always talks about the perfect “formula” film, the elusive elixir that guarantees instant success and fame. Director Kabir Khan might just have cracked it and, what’s more, he’s milked it...
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N.Y. City Council Candidate Ali Najmi Bats For Diwali School Holiday
City Council Candidate Ali Najmi (Democrat, District 23) stood with Councilman Daniel Dromm and South Asian community leaders at the Sri Shaneeswara Temple in Queens last week to urge the Department...
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Parents Lead Campaign For Return of Abducted Children
A Bangladeshi doctor’s child was taken from New York to India by his father in 2006, and hasn’t seen his mother since; Bindu Philips of Plainsboro, New Jersey, whose twins were taken away to India 7...
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Brooklyn Neighbors Sympathy With “Killer” Son in Father’s Slaying
Courtesy New York Daily News When a son kills his father, even on the spur of a momentary rage, public sympathy and support usually goes with the person killed rather than the killer. But in a case of...
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N.J. Company Bribed Indian Officials For Government Contract
A New Jersey-based construction management company has agreed to pay a $17.1 million criminal penalty to resolve charges that it bribed foreign officials in India and three other countries after...
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BAPS Donates $135,000 For Nepal Disaster Relief
When UNICEF contacted BAPS Charities barely three days after the April 25 earthquake in Nepal, officials at the international non-profit charity organization in Piscataway, New Jersey, took the...
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People take part in a free weekly yoga class on the front lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada July 22, 2015. The free weekly classes are organized by a local retailer selling yoga clothing. The...
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Elective Surgery Better for Ulcerative Colitis: Indian-American Researcher
Patients over 50 with ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease of the colon, who undergo surgery to treat their condition live longer than those who are treated with medications, according to a new study...
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Former U.N. climate chief Rajendra Pachauri ousted from TERI
Rajendra Pachauri attends a news conference to present Working Group III’s summary for policymakers at The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Berlin in this April 13, 2014 file photo....
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Finally, Turbaned Sikh Gets Justice From Walt Disney
Gurdit Singh, an elderly Sikh mail carrier wearing turban and unshorn hair at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida finally got justice earlier this month— almost seven years after alleged...
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Indian Culture Showcased At Asia Fest in Milwaukee
Milwaukee residents and those from around the Midwest and elsewhere got to experience everything from Bollywood to Beijing at the Asia Fest of Milwaukee annual extravaganza on the scenic and trendy...
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Social Media Battle Over Author Malhotra’s Alleged Plagiarism
An epistolary battle has started in social media over a book, Indra’s Net, authored by controversial writer Rajiv Malhotra and published by Harper Collins, India, in 2014 following charges of...
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Leuva Patidar Samaj’s National Convention Held In California
The Leuva Patidar Samaj of United States of America hosted its national convention in Ontario, California June 30-July 2 to promote the Leuva heritage and cultural values to the youth in the...
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Indologist Wendy Doniger Comments On Rajiv Malhotra’s Plagiarism Controversy
Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School, believes ancient Indian texts are open to interpretation by...
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On A New High: 10 Years After Signing U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement
It may not be the Treaty of Versailles, or even the Camp David Accord, but on the 10th anniversary of its signing this month, the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative has been heralded as a...
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Silicon Valley To Roll Out Red Carpet For Modi
It’s going to be a love-fest when India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Silicon Valley this September, bringing together technology giants and a leader who believes in technology as a weapon for...
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I am worried about Bollywood: Pakistani actress
Pakistani actress Armeena Khan, who made her acting debut with Hindi film “Huff! It’s Too Much”, is worried about the Bollywood industry as she feels it “has become all about masala and sex”. “People...
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Naperville Knights Bags Trophy In Basketball Tourney
The Indo-American Christian Children of Chicago and North America celebrated its 15th anniversary basketball tournament with a record 60 players aged between 12 and 25 from six teams participating in...
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Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam no more
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of India’s leading scientists and later a hugely popular president, died here on Monday evening after collapsing during a lecture at...
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Ghaywan’s film ‘Masaan’ is austere but effective
In his debut film “Masaan” (Crematorium), director Neeraj Ghaywan chooses to tell the story of three characters. Two are human, and the third is the ghats of Banaras – riverfront steps leading to the...
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