Funky Sitar Cell Phone Ad Features Anjali Track

TV ad features UK-based artist Anjali’s “Stinging Sitars.”

January 2007

Zubin Mehta Honored For Lifetime Contribution

(White House photo by Eric Draper)
Famed classical music conductor and musical prodigy Zubin Mehta was honored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts this year, along with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson and Steven Spielberg. Now a resident of Los Angeles, Mehta was born in Mumbai in 1936.
After initially intending […]

December 2006

Two Years Later

Lanterns over Andaman Sea in tribute to tsunami victims. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
Two years ago, one of the most powerful earthquakes recorded triggered giant waves that destroyed villages in several nations along the Indian Ocean shores and took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. On Tuesday people in the affected areas marked the tsunami’s second […]

December 2006

Goopy’s Ghost Dance

This surreal dance sequence is from Satyajit Ray’s 1968 film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha), a fable featuring two outcast musicians, a ghost kingdom, three boons and a pair of magic slippers. (Thanks, Har.)
The special effects are definitely not like that of Hollywood films of the era. Its 6 1/2 […]

December 2006

Women Weigh In On Diwali Barbie

Did Mattel get the Diwali Barbie right? Earlier this month, PRI’s The World interviewed Sepia Mutiny’s Anna John, fellow sagehen (chirp!) and blogger Nina Jacinto, novelist/poet Chitra Divakaruni and Professor Inderpal Grewal about one of Mattel’s newest additions to its Barbie line.
You can still listen to the report online at The World’s web site.
I agree […]

December 2006
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Surya on Season 6 of The Apprentice

Surya (NBC/Mitchell Haaseth)
To revive ratings for the upcoming season, reality-TV based series “The Apprentice” moves from NY to LA, replaces judges Carolyn Kepcher and George Ross with Trump offspring Ivanka and Donald, Jr., and adds a women’s ice hockey Olympian to the mix of candidates. Local media reports that Surya Yalamanchili (no known relation) is […]

December 2006

Mahanandi Is A Feast For The Eyes

“Mahanandi: Cooking with Consciousness ~ Recipes from India and the World” is making me hungry. It’s a food blog maintained by Indira Singari, who is based in Seattle. Her recipes and photos were recently featured in an article on NPR’s “Kitchen Window.” A recent blog entry offers a review of a new cookbook, an interview […]

December 2006

Bamboo Shoots Sprout Forth Rhythm and Solid Beats

Bamboo Shoots. (bestmusiconcampus.com)
Rock group Bamboo Shoots recently had songs “Hey Girl” (described as a “throwback to early Prince”) and “If You Should Die” featured on TV promos for MTV’s The Real World: Denver and Laguna Beach, in addition to a guest performance on MTV Desi’s top ten countdown. Visit their myspace page to have a […]

December 2006

Bulay Bulay: Do It For The Kids

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Voted one of the top five nights for dancehall, dub and worldly beats by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Non Stop Bhangra is a collective of DJs, dancers and dhol players who produce local events bringing bhangra to the Bay area.
Project Ahimsa is a non-profit bringing music teachers and instruments […]

December 2006

Film Review of Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

So I finally got around to seeing Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle recently, on DVD. I know, that probably makes me the last person on earth, or at least in this hemisphere. While conducting a post-viewing Google on a rather pointless question (being Hindi-challenged, I wondered exactly what Kumar and the shopkeeper were […]

December 2006
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