When I first got a text weeks ago from the event organizer hinting there was something big happening in New York on August 15 with AR Rahman, I said “Oh, India Day parade?” and was told “No, no, this is something different.” Well, it certainly was! To see and hear – along with the 1,897 […]
Category: Oscars
Attenborough, Gandhi and Degrees of Separation
With the passing of director Sir Richard Attenborough last week, one couldn’t help but notice the prominence of his Oscar-winning film Gandhi at the top of lists of his most memorable work. (You can see Sir Ben Kingsley’s Oscar acceptance speech here.) Given the important subject of the film and the huge cast of Indian […]