A Potential Love Interest for Mindy Lahiri: Justified’s Timothy Olyphant has signed on to guest star on The Mindy Project sometime this fall. Olyphant will play “a wild, professional skateboarder in his mid-40s who nearly runs Mindy over in Union Square before asking her out on a date.” Crazy antics will probably then ensue. (Los Angeles Times)
Anil Dash’s Birthday Wish: All tech entrepreneur (and friend of The Aerogram) Anil Dash wants for his birthday is to bring clean water to the villages of Orissa. Dash, who turns 38 on Sept. 5, hopes to raise $20,000 for charity:water by the end of the year. “My motivation in bringing water to villages in the rural regions of Orissa, India are simple,” writes Dash. “These are my people. This is my family, these are boys and girls just like me.” (Anil Dash)
The Encyclopedia of Hinduism has arrived: The University 
of South Carolina will unveil its new Encyclopedia of Hinduism later today. It took experts 25 years to produce the 11-volume guide, which includes roughly 7,000 entries and more than 1,000 illustrations. Social activist Anna Hazare will be among the dignitaries attending the unveiling ceremony. (Associated Press, University of South Carolina)
An Oscar Winner’s Short Documentary On Education in Pakistan: Earlier this year, Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy released Humaira: The Dream Catcher, a short film that “chronicles the life of a young woman who is fighting to educate girls in her community.” Watch the film below and read this profile of Humaira Bachal in the September issue of Intelligent Life magazine to learn more. (Andrew Sullivan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjoG2ozdlS0
Lakshmi Gandhi is a co-founder and editor of The Aerogram. Follow her on Twitter at @LakshmiGandhi or email her at editors@theaerogram.com. Find The Aerogram on Twitter at @theaerogram.
