Hot News Mix: David Hasselhoff Wants to Work With Salman Khan and Maulik Pancholy Marches for LGBT Rights in India

Is a David Hasselhoff-Salman Khan collaboration in the future? Actor/singer David Hasselhoff sent this intriguing tweet to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Friday:

Maulik Pancholy Rallies Against Section 377: 30 Rock actor Maulik Pancholy was among those protesting against the Supreme Court of India’s recent decision to re-criminalize homosexuality on Sunday as part of the #globaldayofrage. Pancholy, who recently came out of the closet, tweeted this photo from New York’s Union Square:

Over Half of NYC’s South Asian Youth Live in Poverty: That’s according to a new report by the New York City-based organization South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!). Almost 55 percent of the city’s South Asian youth live in poverty, compared to 51% of the population at large. (New York Daily News)

Win a Digital Copy of Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s Between Clay and Dust: We recently excerpted a portion of the highly acclaimed novel Between Clay and Dust. Courtesy of Restless Books, this week we are giving away a limited number of digital copies to The Aerogram’s readers.

To enter to win a digital copy, here’s what you need to do. 1) Follow @theaerogram on Twitter OR like The Aerogram on Facebook. 2) Email editors@theaerogram.com by December 20 with the subject line “Between Clay and Dust Giveaway.” Winners will be notified by email.

A Music Video Honor: Actress and singer Janina Gavankar’s music video for her single “Waiting for Godot” was named Best Music Video of the year by the Los Angeles Cinema Film Festival. Watch the award winning video below. (Digital Journal)


Lakshmi Gandhi is an editor at The Aerogram. Follow her on Twitter @LakshmiGandhi and follow The Aerogram at @theaerogram.

The Aerogram