Shah Rukh Khan made an appearance in Atlantic City last night. Will post more photos and comments shortly, but in the meantime here’s a link to Rediff’s photos by Paresh Gandhi and what I wrote about his encounter with US Immigration at Newark Liberty Airport last night before we got to see him.

Attended the book launch for Delhi Noir, the latest in the international series from Akashic Books, held at the Rubin Museum on June 10th (yes, that lovely space that used to be Barneys). Well now it’s even lovelier, and bless their hearts, they keep the gift shop open well after the evening event has ended […]

… hello, hello, I’m back again. I’ve been off the blog for way too long, first due to a variety of pressures, but then, due to complications with WordPress. I’ll spare you the colorful expletives about that experience, but I will share with you high praises for friends who made the time to help untangle […]

Caught a performance last Friday night of the fast-paced one-man comedy show D’Arranged Marriage performed by Rajeev Varma (who plays all eight characters). It’s the story of Kiwi Sanjay Gupta as he tries to make his  way as a stand-up comic and dodge  his parents attempts to get him married. Stay tuned for an interview […]

Well, almost.   Who could have ever imagined a link between the US space shuttle and an indie Indian movie? The Malayalee maestro, Santosh Sivan,  mentioned recently in an email  that his film Before the Rains (which is releasing in India in May) was actually carried into space by astronaut Steve Swanson aboard the shuttle […]

Last night, at the R Bar here in NYC, editor/cabaret singer/author/is there anything else this 28-year-old can’t do? Rakesh Satyal played charming host to well wishers there to count down to midnight when his debut novel, Blue Boy, officially  went on sale.   I am at an uncharacteristic loss for words to describe his Kirantastic […]