An Indian Christmas?

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me/
A totally insufficient dowry

So it goes when you’re celebrating the “12 Days of an Indian Christmas” in this South Park-meets-Charlie Brown Christmas “Boy Mongoose” original.
But is it funny or offensive? Tell us what you think:

Masti See TV

Suitable boys and being King of the Hill: Desi American scriptwriters tell us their stories.

Mumbai New Malibu?

She has reinvented herself more times than Madonna.
Over the past 40 years we’ve seen her become a doctor, a Malibu beach babe–even a Unicef ambassador.
But it’s her latest incarnation that has really got our attention.
We’re talking about Barbie, of course—Mattell’s plastic sensation that earns the company an astounding three billion dollars in sales each year. […]

Get Into the Groove

New Yorkers listen up:
Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean you should spend the weekend in sweats, doped up on tryptophan.
Here’s what:
Put down that remote control you’ve been clutching and slowly inch away from TNT’s Law and Order: SVU marathon. Slap on some body glitter, slip on your balle-balle shoes, and head over to […]

India on the Verge of Epidemic

The numbers are sobering.
According to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 400,000 people in India die of AIDS each year. An estimated 5.7 million are carriers of the HIV virus.
That’s more than any other country in the world.
In a Reuter’s report published earlier today, Ashok Alexander, head of the Foundation’s $258-million Indian HIV-prevention project, […]

Mighty Heart in Mumbai

Angelina Jolie, sex-pot Oscar winner turned inspired humanitarian, is currently filming in Mumbai (the movie, called A Mighty Heart, is about the real-life 2002 slaying of American reporter Daniel Pearl).
But true tabloid-junkies care less about the film than they do about Jolie’s personal life.
Celebrity bloggers have been shvitsn over gossip that Brangelina is looking to […]

Where Were You in ’92?

Sri Lankan British recording artist M.I.A wants to know.
Her latest track, called XR2, represents a deviation from the trademark hyper-politicized songs of her debut album Arular.
XR2, which hasn’t officially been released yet, is more a re-visitation of 1992 and all of its kitschy pop culture, than it is a journey through her old lyrical […]

Scottish Sikh Boy is Victim of Hate

A 15-year-old Sikh boy was brutally beaten by a gang of white teens in Edinburgh today. The attack is believed to be motivated by intolerance as the teens were heard yelling racist obscenities during the assault.
In addition to being very badly beaten, the young boy had his turban violently removed and his hair chopped […]

Cage Becoming Sadhu?

Self-described comics fan Nicholas Cage (He named his son Kal-El–that’s pretty hardcore) is slated to play the lead in the upcoming film The Sadhu.
The movie is to be adapted from the Virgin Comics series of the same name. Sadhu is the brainchild of Deepak Chopra’s son Gotham and is ultimately about “one man’s choice […]

Election Day Goes OK

The votes are in, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) reports that 79% of the people it surveyed have favored Democratic candidates.
Preliminary results released by the Fund—which include the input of 4,600 Asian American voters in eight states—suggest that 13% of the participants were first-time voters.
Highlights of the exit poll […]