A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Rohin Guha 
• Fran Drescher, star of The Nanny and a dozen other things you’ve likely watched but don’t remember, is now an e-mail female: She’s dating Shiva Ayyadurai, … Read more
In case you missed her a couple nights ago on Conan — and I’m sad to say I did — comedienne and staff writer of FX’s … Read more
What you need to know about Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers: They rule. What would also be helpful for you to know: • This … Read more
We won’t go into our palaver about why we found Lady Gaga’s song “Aura” problematic. You can read about that here! But she did happen … Read more
Photo credit: CBS • We Are Men — the horribly unfunny sitcom starring Kal Penn — becomes yet another early casualty in the fall television season. … Read more
Hey, remember that one time when Madonna slapped on some henna and filmed the music video for “Frozen” in 1998? (She also recorded a song … Read more
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Saturday Night Live‘s mock screen tests of Hollywood actors interpreting a film adaptation of 50 Shades of Gray seemed promising: http://www.hulu.com/watch/542157 Then this happened: Yup, that’s comedienne … Read more
A few days ago, many of us observed Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. Gandhi was an essential part of getting India out from under the rule of … Read more
• Comic Stephen Fry showed up to a queer open-mic event in Mumbai as part of a BBC special filming an event held by Gaysi … Read more
