Les Impressions de Mumbai

Artist Florine Asch captures her passage to Mumbai in exquisite watercolors for a travel notebook published by the historic design house of Louis Vuitton.

November 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

Mistress of Spices

Nirmala Narine surveys the world for the flavors and spices that infuse people’s lives—all to bring the exotic to the homebound gourmand.

November 2006

Holding Out for a Hero

Sendhil Ramamurthy plays against type on NBC’s newest drama. The rising actor talks about what it’s like to play the hero instead of a terrorist or a typical F.O.B.

October 2006

Music That’s Not a MySpace Blog

Voxtrot frontman Ramesh Srivastava talks about making music that’s introspective but not depressing, his discovery of bhangra and his bi-cultural identity.

October 2006
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Ambassador of Beauty

Release your inner goddess with Shalini Vadhera’s new product line inspired by beauty secrets from women around the world.

September 2006

Unveiling the Veil

Nakasha Ahmad’s reflections on a much-misunderstood piece of fabric.

September 2006

One Woman Show

Funny lady Rasika Mathur talks about how the Bard launched her comedy career.

June 2005

Bollywood’s Mane Attraction

As a longtime devotee of Bollywood hair, Roxanna Kassam decided to dig beneath the hairsprayed veneer to discover the real story behind Bollywood’s hair stereotypes.

June 2005

A River Runs Through It

The fabled Indus River is the thread that binds the beautifully illustrated folk stories in Samina Quraeshi’s Legends of the Indus.

May 2005
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