by Amrita Priya | Mar 16, 2024
(March 16, 2024) Each year, as the spirit of Holi permeates in springtime, life is a whirlwind of activity for Indian American dhol player Sunny Jain and his band, Red Baraat, as they embark on their annual ‘Festival of Color’ tour. ‘This is how we do it....
by Amrita Priya | Mar 2, 2024
(March 2, 2024) A few years ago, prominent Indian American investor Frank Islam, donated $2 million to his alma mater, Aligarh Muslim University. An ace philanthropist, Islam and his wife Debbie established the Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Charitable Foundation in...
by Amrita Priya | Jan 22, 2024
(January 22, 2024) Come March 2024, and the 96th edition of the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are scheduled to air. Los Angeles-based live television event producer Raj Kapoor has been selected as the executive producer and showrunner of the...
by Amrita Priya | Jan 16, 2024
(January 16, 2024) Renowned for securing the best actress award at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival for her portrayal of a pompous Bollywood star in Merchant Ivory’s film ‘Shakespeare Wallah’, Madhur Jaffrey is a trailblazer in the culinary world. She...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 9, 2023
(December 9, 2023) A tiny satellite called ASTERIA, no bigger than a briefcase, did something once only big telescopes could do. It detected 55 Cancri e, a planet twice the size of Earth and possibly made of diamond inside, 41 light years away from earth. ASTERIA was...
