Something Old, Something New

Syma Chowdhry and Aamer Hayat combined desi traditions with modern American touches to create a unique fusion wedding.

June 2007

Jonesing For Jewels

Your essential guide to buying traditional wedding baubles for today.

June 2007

Death and Diamonds

Conflict diamonds fund war, torture and violence. Here’s a primer on how not to be complicit.

June 2007

If These Walls Could Talk

Shaila Abdullah’s debut book opens a window on life as a Pakistani woman.

April 2007

Now You Too Can Blog in Hindi

Attention, bloggers who use, um, Blogger: Now you can impress your friends by sharing your thoughts in fancy Devanagari script. How is this possible? Well, the wonderful folks at the Google blog have introduced a feature that “allows you to type out Hindi words using phonetically equivalent English script, and see the words getting transformed […]

April 2007
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Pondering The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Fresh Air’s Terry Gross interviews Mohsin Hamid on his newest book, The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

April 2007

Look Who’s Talking … Hindustani?

Do you know your Hindi from Hindustani? If not, we’ve got a primer for you.

March 2007

Legacies, Loss & Literature

Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai talks to about The Inheritance of Loss and the immigrant experience.

December 2006

A Change in Customs

Nakasha Ahmad recounts a visit to customs—and ponders how accustomed we’ve become to compromising our civil liberties.

November 2006

Comedy in the City

For anyone hanging out in good ol’ NYC this weekend (and craving some comedy action), check out Sikh comedienne Nikki Chawla, who’ll be performing this Saturday night at The Producers’ Club’s Grand Theatre, collaborating with other comedians. Get your advance tickets for a mere 18 greenbacks by calling 212.352.3101 or by logging on to […]

November 2006
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