This wonderful (though too short) half-hour 1973 documentary written by James Ivory is included by Merchant Ivory Productions along with the DVD of Bombay Talkie. It opens with a mention of item girl, and dancer par excellence, Helen‘s 500-film milestone. Over the next 30 minutes we hear narrator Anthony Korner solemnly intone about […]
Month: August 2006
Seen along Oak Tree Road
Edison/Iselin, New Jersey. Proof of Indian citizenship or appropriate visa necessary upon arrival (almost). Had a very fun day yesterday playing at being housewives with my BFF, the coolest Parsi I know in Inwood, heck, in all of NYC, meandering in and out of shops ($15 for a Shobhaa De novel! Chee!), […]
Bombay holiday: Ganesh Chaturthi
Rio has midnight of December 31 and people throwing flowers into the sea as an offering to Iemanja, Bombay has Ganesh Chaturthi to honor the son of Shiva and Parvati. Thousands of miles from the festivities, here’s a sampling of some Ganeshas closer to home. The many moods of Ganapati: Snippet from a wedding […]
Bombay Talkie
What a difference it is to watch this 1970 Merchant Ivory production after Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. There are the vaguest of similarities: they both deal with marital infidelity, and both cities their stories are based in look lovely (Bombay in this case, New York in Kabhi Alvida). But there the likeness […]
All I want for Ganesh Chaturthi is a GSASD*
* Generic South Asian Street Dog You know the ones, they’re all over the roads and lanes, and even pop up in the background of films. They bear a slight resemblance to the basenji, with a curl in the tail, almond-shaped eyes and the appearance of a constant smile. Hopefully one day […]
Fresh air and sunlight are highly overrated
The weather is still warm and the leaves have not yet started to fall, but I feel a premature hibernation coming on. (That, or a very full DVR!) Just signed up for Directv’s HindiDirect package, which includes Star One, Star Plus, Star News, NDTV, MTV Desi and DD. (Not my girl DesiDancer, […]