If you are into great cinema, world-renowned stars, momentous human rights themes, as well as sparkling galas featuring divine fashions, have I got the event for you! It’s the upcoming I-View Film Festival which will be held in NYC from September 18th through the 26th and promises to outdo itself from last year’s edition. In [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Do you remember that last day of school, back in 10th or 11th grade, when you knew you were free to do as you pleased for the summer, yet would not be seeing most of your friends — and lets not forget crushes! — until the beginning of the next school year? Well, the closing [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
You may think from reading this blog that month after month, week after week, day after day it’s just one big party for me… You’re not far from the truth, but the only problem with this kind of lifestyle is that, after a while, every great cause, every wonderful event begins to blend in with [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council film festival officially began its illuminating journey this past Thursday with a press conference at the Aicon Gallery in downtown Manhattan. Delivering the ‘dulcis in fundo’ of film festivals — which magically appears to heat up the fall here in the Big Apple — Aroon Shivdasani’s ORIGINAL South Asian cinematic [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 20, 2009
by E. Nina Rothe As an individual, I believe in peace. I try to exercise my belief by doing the occasional good deed, stepping away from a confrontation, letting go of past resentments so that I can move on and begin healing. But as part of our worldwide community, I see more and more signs that seem [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
by E. Nina Rothe Actor Sanjay Suri has never been afraid to take on controversial roles. In his breakthrough performance as the HIV-infected leading man in ‘My Brother Nikhil’ (http://www.mybrothernikhil.com/) he faced head on the unthinkable for an actor — to be henceforth typecast as the anti-hero. In the Nandita Das-directed ‘Firaaq’(http://www.firaaqthefilm.com/), once again Suri played [...]
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
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