I remember the first time I heard the sound of the tabla. I was sixteen years old and Zakir Hussain was doing a tour with Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar in the mid-to-late 1990s. It was the first time I ever attended a classical Indian music concert an ...
by Guest Blogger Samuel Allen A river runs through Growing Upward, the latest from Rupa and the April Fishes. A river of water imagery and a river of emotion – joy, anger, hope, exhaustion. “We are the ones who are rising with the water”. “Patient ...
Giri and Uma’s music is so polished and delightful. How old were your kids when they started playing music? Sarika (mom): Giri has been playing this style of music for about four and a half years. Uma has been playing for three and a half years ...
“In Sankrit, Nari means both woman and sacrifice. I can’t think of a word that better describe my mother, my grandmother and all the women that came before them.” – Artist Gingger Shankar In a moving documentary featuring her mother Viji Shank ...
by Guest Blogger Samuel Allen New York rockers Shilpa Ray recently released their new album, Door Girl. It’s a raucous, energetic 12-track odyssey exploring the ups, downs, highs, and lows of life in the city in 2017. Ray, the band’s eponymous (and so ...
After logging several years at Procter & Gamble (or as he lovingly refers to as “Punjabis & Gujaratis), comedian Rajiv Satyal broke free from his corporate gig in the Midwest and ventured to LA to pursue a career in comedy. Rajiv started ...
by Krishna Thinakkal, @kthinakk 2015 already? Nothing’s really changed. In 2014, the box office kept shrinking and there seemed to be a new super-hero franchise making loud noises at the theater every weekend just like the year before. But look a ...
by Krishna Thinakkal, @kthinakk Stand-up isn’t easy. If you’ve ever seen Tom Hanks in “Punchline” you’d understand. It’s usually a sweaty, complicated mess. Like most relationships. But Aziz Ansari gets it. Not just the funny side of it, the ...
“Indian Summer” – A Documentary About A Hindu Heritage Camp By Barnali Dasverma The short film titled “Indian Summer” explores the experiences of Indian American children attending the Hindu Heritage Summer Camp in Rochester, New York ...
By Barnali Dasverma “Another Hindi movie about cricket?!” This was the first thought that crossed my mind when asked if I wanted to spend an afternoon watching “Kai Po Che.” I was skeptical of what I feared was yet another feel-good Bollywood ...
