• Because she’s no longer worth it? It’s been suggested that L’Oreal has dropped Aishwarya Rai to focus more prominently on Freida Pinto — which makes you wonder why they need to limit the number of Indian screen sirens to one in an ad that otherwise features white actresses in spades. [NDTV]
• Congress race heats up. Meet Swati Dandekar. She’s a former state legislator running for Congress in Iowa. Dandekar says, “I am running for Congress because I truly understand the promise that the US offers and I want to make sure that every Iowan is given the same opportunity that I had. I am a living testament that the American dream is alive.” [Times of India]
• What’s going on? A growing number of under-age British Sikh girls are targeted by South Asian men who tend to befriend them over a period of time — only to sexually abuse them later on. These girls are driven by shame from their family homes and never report these incidents. [IndiaWest]
• Getting Overt. Actress Zuleikha Robinson makes the jump from Homeland to a guest-starring arc on Covert Affairs, where she stars as a high-powered D.C. attorney opposite Peter Gallagher. You’ll most likely remember her as Kal Penn’s bombshell ex-wife from The Namesake or as Ilana from Lost. [TV Guide]
• Shot-glass melodrama. Director/writer Kabir Chopra’s latest short film, 50 mm VODKA is online and is definitely worth a look. [YouTube]
• #ADayIntheLife alright. After getting locked out of the governor’s mansion in her robe — while sending her kids off to school, South Carolina governor Nikki Haley did what any of us would do: She posted about it on Facebook. [Mediaite]
Rohin Guha is a contributing editor at The Aerogram. Follow him on Twitter @ohrohin. Find The Aerogram on Twitter @theaerogram.
