First half of the day, there was a press conference at the plush Mandarin Oriental Hotel to announce the 2008 Unforgettable tour.   In the evening, Lincoln Center was awash in saris and salwars, as crowds gathered for the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan fundraiser to mark the 100th anniversary of Mr. Harivansh Rai’s birth, with […]

  Monsieur B has touched down in NY on a brief, whirlwind tour, with spouse, son and bahu in tow. Here are some quick images from his stop at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: To start with, Ganesha: The stage, before: Kanjeevaram peacocks:  Audience: Welcome flowers: Garlanded: Mr. B, stars and stripes, tiranga: Pushpa Bharti, editor […]

On exiting a screening of a beautiful, soon-to-open  indie film (Vanaja) last night, I looked up and saw this:

Filmi journo and  author Anupama Chopra is on a rapid-fire tour of the US to promote her newly released book King Of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema. In spite of the NYC metro system being slowed to a halt by rain storms Wednesday morning, 500 people showed up that […]

  I had to smile when I first glimpsed  this page  in the luxe information kit that Jet Airways distributed at the Waldorf Astoria lunch they hosted to announce  their arrival  at US shores. The map, and, more specifically, the point-of-view and perspective  remind me of a certain famous  poster that used to hang in […]