October 2006
Jhumpa Lahiri in Chicago
Jhumpa Lahiri
The city of Chicago’s One Book, One Chicago program attempts to “cultivate a culture of reading and discussion in Chicago by bringing a diverse city together around one great book.”
After choosing such classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, Night and Pride and Prejudice, the city has picked […]
An Appeal for ArtWallah’s Sake
(ArtWallah.org)
ArtWallah’s mission is to “foster and promote artistic expressions of the South Asian diasporic experience, and to create channels of communication between artists and diverse communities.” Nirali’s debut issue covered the ArtWallah Festival, the largest annual South Asian diasporic arts festival in the U.S. Later issues have also featured artists, writers, and other […]
Gold, Gold and More Gold
My brother and sister claim that I’m obsessed with a “unique quiz cum game show” on GeminiTV, an Indian station my parents receive via satellite. Evoking the game show classic “Family Feud” in its setup, “Bangaram Mee Kosam” (the title roughly translates from Telugu as “Gold for You”) has multi-generational families competing against each other […]
G(aram) Love and Special Sauce
Maya Kaimal’s delicious sauces.
When we first wrote about Maya Kaimal (award-winning cookbook author and culinary personality) last year, her gourmet sauce company was still a relative newcomer on the condiment scene.
Since then, Maya Kaimal Fine Indian Food has made it to the major league of marinades.
In July of 2005, Kaimal added a fourth product to […]
Water Works for Canada
Lisa Ray and John Abraham in Water.
Last month Telefilm Canada submitted Deepa Mehta’s Water, the third in her elements trilogy (which included Fire and Earth), as its official entry for the 2006 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year category.
That Water was completed is in itself a feat. The […]
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