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Surya Speaks Back
The Apprentice contestant talks to Nirali. -
Patel Not To Be Envied
Roopal Patel at fashion week. -
Don’t Call Him Gary (Or Iranian)
Maz Jobrani plays Indian attorney-turned-NYC taxicab driver Gourishankar (“Don’t Call Me Gary”) Subramaniam on ABC's Knights of Prosperity. -
Funky Sitar Cell Phone Ad Features Anjali Track
TV ad features UK-based artist Anjali's "Stinging Sitars." -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Child Labor in India and Anita’s Story
According to India’s labour ministry, “there are 12.6 million children aged between 5 and 14 working in the country — the largest number of child labourers in the world.” The real number could be higher, given the unknown size of the child domestic work force. “‘It’s difficult to say how many children do domestic work as [...] -
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 [...] -
Here’s Looking at Brown People
I stumbled across this Livejournal weblog today: BrownPeople. From its profile page: random photos of brown people. (thats it. that’s the concept.) How you use it up to you. . .as a reminder that different brown people are doing their thing, use it as detox from reading 17 magazine, use it to find ideas for a [...]