Three A Capella Albums You Have to Hear This Summer
With the popularity of shows like “Glee” and the unexpected box-office success of “Pitch Perfect,” the day of a capella music has finally arrived. (Really, … Read more
Notes on Photographing Walls in Rajasthan
For me, walls are mirrors: Mirrors which reflect the outside to show the inside. Looking inside the mirrors, you are looking inside yourself. Beneath the … Read more
Maulik Pancholy and Jim Dirschberger Tell Us About Their New Series ‘Sanjay and Craig’
Since its launch a few weeks ago, Nickelodeon’s new animated series “Sanjay and Craig” has been in the news for a number of reasons — … Read more
Kanye Goes to Bollywood?
“Yeezus,” the sixth solo album from the greatest artist in the history of everything ever (™Kanye West), dropped today and is already being showered with … Read more
Saturday School With Artist Nidhi Chanani: Beauty Is Everywhere
Words and art intersect in Saturday School, a project by Nidhi Chanani that highlights the beauty of Hindi with colorful, graphic renditions of phrases like … Read more
Worth a Watch: Nickelodeon’s ‘Sanjay and Craig’
I think it was the (thankfully) short-lived NBC sitcom, “Outsourced,” that made me so cynical of American television shows that even remotely tried to … Read more
A ‘Star Trek’ Fan Ponders Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan
I have a lot invested in “Star Trek Into Darkness.” I’m not a huge fan of the franchise as a whole. I’m one of those … Read more
Much Ado About Nothing: Amitabh Bachchan in ‘The Great Gatsby’
Fact #1: Amitabh Bachchan is one of India’s most well-known actors — a legend whose influence on the silver screen spans generations. Fact #2: The … Read more
Iggy Azalea Bounces Backwards With Disappointing Clichés
It’s extraordinary how much you can learn about critics when they’re forced to reconcile with something like cultural appropriation. Wired magazine’s Bruce Sterling excuses the … Read more
Lakshmi Shankar Shares Her Memories of Uday Shankar, Recalls His Legendary Film ‘Kalpana’
Lakshmi Shankar was just 13-years-old when she made the long journey from the southern city of Madras (now Chennai) to Almora, Uttarakhand to join the Uday Shankar … Read more
