Posts Tagged ‘New York’

By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 18th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, New York, People

What was the last Michael Douglas movie you saw? Ah! ha! struggling to come up with a name right? That is because Douglas has acted in just a handful of films in the last few years. But, Douglas is back this summer with two movies: Solitary Man and the much-awaited sequel to Wall Street (1987) where he essayed [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 7th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bangalore, Diaspora, Interviews, Living In America, People, Podcast, Video, YouTube Videos

New York-based jazz musicians Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa are two of the rising stars in the jazz world. For over 10 years the two musicians have worked together, and also on their own independent projects. Their work  has received critical acclaim. It is not very often that you come across musicians from the Indian-American [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, India, Life, New York, Only in India

Arjun Janah left this poem about Shashi Tharoor as a comment on one of my blog posts. I am taking the liberty of publishing it. Arjun is based in New York, and is a graduate of St. Stephen’s just like Mr.Tharoor, who is running for elections from his home town of Trivandrum, Kerala.
 
For the past few years Arjun has been involved in helping his [...]