Watch Miss America Nina Davuluri’s Show-Stealing Bollywood Routine
A couple hours before she became the latest Miss America, Miss New York Nina Davuluri set the stage ablaze with a routine set to “Dhoom … Read more
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Hot News Mix: Honey Singh’s Violent Hip-Hop, Bollywood’s Location Cutbacks, Naming Potholes After Politicans + More
No! No! Honey Singh. Blogger Laina Dawes examines recent protests against Indian hip-hop artist, Yo! Yo! Honey Singh, and asks important questions vis-à-vis the increased objectification of women. Last month, a … Read more
Can Akshay Kumar Really be a ‘B.O.S.S.’ by Imitating M.I.A.?
There’s something face-palmingly awful about the signature item number from the Akshay Kumar-starrer B.O.S.S. In the segment, Kumar tries very hard to imitate M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls” … Read more
Where Are All the Queer Women in Bollywood?
I think you all know by now how big Bollywood is. Not only is the movie industry huge in India, but Bollywood movies are also … Read more
Hot News Mix: Organic Gardening All the Rage in India, Get Some Gupta Kush, + More
• Not just for hipsters. With health concerns mounting over the treatment of vegetables with pesticides and chemicals, more and more Indians are turning to … Read more
Could Wolverine Claw His Way to Bollywood Next?
Maybe Wolverine’s brownness is more than costume deep? In advance of The Wolverine opening this Friday, Hugh Jackman revealed in an interview with The Hindustan … Read more
More Than a Piece of Tandoori Chicken: A Woman’s Worth in Hindi Cinema
Nearly 90 percent of all violent crimes reported in India are crimes against women. This year’s United Nations Human Development Report (PDF) suggests that with … Read more
Dear Shahrukh Khan, You’re Breaking My Heart for All the Wrong Reasons
Dear Mr. Khan, I don’t know you at all, but I’m a fan of your films. I just returned from two and a half weeks … Read more
Through Her Eyes: Sanaa Hamid Reinterprets the Self Portrait
Photographer Sanaa Hamid’s series entitled “Through Her Eyes” shows her attempts to conform to culturally inherited expectations and ideologies that are sometimes imposed on her. … 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
