Madhavan & Simran & Ganesh together for Deepavali 2009

Wishing you and yours all the best!

Here are some images from a concert the Bhutanese trio Druk Yul gave at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York.

The performance was preceded by an information-packed gallery tour, examining the thangkas at the museum, and various aspects of Bhutanese art.

The Rubin is a wonderful New York treasure, beautifully designed and laid out in the space that was once Barneys.

Aside from the several floors of Himalayan art, there’s also a cafe and theater and a fantastic gift shop containing some lovely items from South Asia.   (I eye the cuddly stuffed yak toy every time I’m there, and they have an interesting selection of cards and books.   Don’t even get me started on the clothes and home decor items…)

And here is the Trio Druk Yul:

Word has it that the Bachchan parivar (well, the triumvirate of Pa, Abhishek and Ash, that is) have been interviewed by Oprah and the segment will run on September 15.

Just making it in under the wire, as dusk falls in NYC…

Er, um, well......no comment??

Right about now, the lovely Ms. Shetty should be in Manhattan, slipping into her seat before cameras and microphones at a press conference in anticipation of her presence as Grand Marshall at the India Day parade tomorrow in NYC.

One wonders what she would reply if a member of the Fourth Estate raised a hand and asked: “Ms. Shetty, as the woman who will lead this parade on Madison Avenue tomorrow, how do you feel about the Indian lesbian and gay group, SALGA, being denied the right to participate and march?”

You can read more about the SALGA lockout here.

Though they will not be on a float this year or marching, SALGA members do intend to be present at the parade tomorrow and encourage other supporters to be there too.

So, last night was the big night.

“Dinner with SRK” at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City.

My friends found it funny that, in spite of being a native New Yorker, it took Shah Rukh Khan to get me to visit the famous New Jersey shore-hugging locale for the first time in my life.

If you’ve never been either, here it is:

First glimpse from the parking lot

The view from the street as you approach

Teen hathis

As you would expect, there was a lot of waiting around before his arrival (though this time, the star had a valid excuse for being late).

There were appetizers:

Hey, who knows what time dinner will be served?

Hmmm, never heard of this one before:

Lost in translation

But finally, after 90 minutes of warm-up acts, he was there:   [Read more...]