EDIT EDIT SUPER AWESOME EDIT: I’m so glad that deep down inside I’m a metrosexual dude and therefore spend an obnoxious amount of time on Esquire.com becasue John Richardson just wrote THIS. “WHADDYA MEAN OBAMA HASN’T DONE ANYTHING?” (http://www.esquire.com/print-this/obama-timeline-110309) I was one of the people feverishly wielding a debit card by my computer, donating to […]
I saw “What’s Your Rashee?” last night, and save for the bazillion songs and very forgettable music, I really enjoyed it. The script was kind of funny and Gujrati theatre veteran Dilip Joshi is always a pleasure to watch. Priyanka Chopra was surprisingly competent in her 12 avtaars and the art direction was quiet stylish […]
I am normally gripped by the fancy to watch a movie once every month. This is crazy because I grew up watching first-day-first-shows of almost every Hindi movie ever made. It had translated in to being a long line outside Lowe’s theater on 31st and 2nd every Thursday night to watch the first-night-first-show of every […]
November has been, pretty much the most eventful year of 2009 so far. Well, there were other eventful months to be honest, but none of them that I would think of as eventful in a good way. The play that I had been working on I am an Emotional Creature with Mahabanoo and Kaizaad Mody […]
So as it turns out, there is no one better to comment about an Indian being detained at Newark airport, than an American. Our newscasters were too buy calling what is only a routine security measure “a deep, deep shame,”an “utter humiliation” and a “Sharukh bites a quivering lip and holds back tears while big, […]
(I was asked to perform the above monologue for a workshop recently for which I wrote a character study in the “stream of consciousness” style. Therefore it’s a first draft, no editing went into it. ) It is just a gorgeous day outside and much like any other New Yorker who let’s the weather dictate […]
Nahin jaayega, aage waale se poocho. The hanky was white, with a design on the edges that was so faded by repeated washings that I could not tell what it was anymore. When she would open it, the black seeds would lie there, insignificant as if unaware of their own power. Half an hour before […]
The only reason I didn’t buy Glade candles regularly in the past is because I couldn’t afford them and the Duane Reade or Rite Aid brand fulfilled most of my candle-related needs. However, when there was a special occasion I would walk to the store and treat myself a “Clean Linen” scented Glade candle. Then […]
And God said, let there be mushrooms, and there was mushroom cappuccino with truffle oil, He said, “Let there be fish”, and there was baby rawas , He said “Let there be lamb” and there was lamb shank and last of all, He said “Ay Ganpat, chal daaru la” and there was pitcher of white […]
Nick introduced me to Sigur Ros when we were just getting to know each other. Moments of the first few months we spent together, are punctuated by their music and so I think I’m particularly partial to them. During those days, as we sat at Heddon watching the sky reflected in the placid water of […]