Tanu Weds Manu Returns: Sequel’s Got Swagger…& Problems With Its Second Half
When Tanu Weds Manu released in 2011, it was as refreshing as switching sips of champagne for shots of desi liquor. The story of the … Read more
Dirty Diana Doing Yoga: A Chat Inspired By Janelle Monae’s “Yoga”
Dhaaruni: The way I describe mainstream yoga is “passive aggressively inclusive”: it’s ostensibly all about inclusion and peace and love, but in reality, if I … Read more
Review: The Good, The Bad & The Innocent Bystanders of Bombay Velvet‘s Beautiful Disaster
Bombay Velvet has been in the news for a long time, and not for all the right reasons. Rumors ranging from actors feeling letdown, multiple … Read more
Jazz It Up Retro-Style With Our Bombay Velvet CD Giveaway
Inspired by James Ellroy’s Los Angeles-based crime fiction novels, Anurag Kashyap’s crime drama Bombay Velvet tells the story of street-fighter Johnny Balraj (Ranbir Kapoor) and aspiring jazz … Read more
Desi Dance Parties In The ‘90s And The Underside Of Identity Work
There is a scene in the film American Desi (2001) where one of the characters, Jagjit, reads aloud the following sentence from a campus newspaper: … Read more
Behind the Scenes With Film Composer Gingger Shankar
Even if you haven’t heard of Gingger Shankar, you’ve likely already heard her music. Her compositions have been the sonic backdrop to momentous films such … Read more
Who Do I Have to Talk to About Getting Alisha Chinai to Record a Lana Del Rey EP?
Hi, who do I have to talk to about getting Bollywood playback queen/”Made In India” superstar Alisha Chinai to record an EP of Lana Del … Read more
Meet Rene Sharanya Verma — A Desi Student Rapping to Fight Misogyny
You guys, Rene Sharanya Verma is a brilliant student from Delhi who’s fighting misogyny in rap — specifically rap from desi folks like Honey Singh — … Read more
Gangs of Wasseypur: 10 Reasons To See This Gangster Epic Now
Two years after making a splash at the Cannes Film Festival, acclaimed film Gangs of Wasseypur is getting its due in the United States and … Read more
Finding Music In India While Growing Up In The ’80s and ’90s
The faint strains of a song wafting down the hallway was way more interesting than the grown-ups’ conversation I was stuck being a spectator to … Read more
