The Little Black Dress That Helps India

Audrey Hepburn’s little black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s goes on the auction block to benefit India.

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places…

Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator nabbed a number of South Asian Silicon Valley IT professionals in the act of soliciting 13-year-old girls for sex. Little did they know that the teenage object of their affection was a decoy for a covert sting operation. The lame excuses that they offer upon realizing they’ve been […]

Happy Holidays!

I just want to wish our readers a very happy Diwali and Eid!

For anyone who isn’t in the know, Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights and celebrates the victory of good over evil. Hindus light lamps to celebrate, and from what my Hindu friends tell me, it sounds like a good time! How […]

The Turban Twist

Turbans are symbolic headdress, worn throughout history to convey difference in levels of purity, religiosity, social-status, by men of various racial and socioeconomic persuasion throughout the Middle East and South Asia.
But as Suzy Menkes of IHT so succinctly surmised, “Miuccia Prada has seen the woman of the future—and she is wearing a slipper satin […]

Clap Your Hands Say Yaar

The New York Times and Newsweek magazine have both decided she is one of the most influential South Asians in the US. She has performed with Outcast, Rah Digga and The Roots, but is perhaps better known for putting Bhangra on the map (of New York City—at 200 Varick Street, to be exact).
DJ Rekha […]

Pink is the New Black

October might previously have been known as a time for ill-fitting polyester Halloween costumes and Columbus Day furniture sales, but now there’s something you can really look forward to.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
That’s right—’tis the season for fab pledge drives, spirited 5Ks and an endless stock of pink ribbon pins–all for a […]

Treehugger’s Simran Sethi on Martha Stewart

Simran Sethi of TreehuggerTV, appeared on Martha Stewart’s show on October 4th, offering tips on design products which are sustainable and eco-friendly. Martha was duly impressed by the knowledgeable Sethi, who completed an MBA focused on sustainable management from Presidio.
I especially loved the furniture from Q Collection. Sustainable style is tres chic!
Related: In Living […]

Disha Theatre Dishes up Three Nights of Sex, Drugs and Mothers

Reena Dutt, Disha’s Director of Development, and Purva Bedi, its Artistic Director and Founder (www.dishatheatre.org)
In Sanskrit and Hindi, Disha means direction. Expanding in a new direction, Disha Theatre, the South Asian theatre company originally founded in New York City, has arrived in Los Angeles. Starting next week, Disha brings us a collaborative reading […]

Kiran Desai: The Youngest Woman Ever to Win the Booker Prize

35-year-old Desai moved from India to the UK when she was 14 and currently resides in the US.

The Coolest Way to Wear a Sari? Around Your Neck.

Ever since my grandma taught me how to knit a few years ago, I’ve been addicted.