When I feel Life has been Unfair to me, I think of Karna
Have you ever felt that Life has been unfair to you? That some how, fate has not allowed you to be all you could have been, to achieve all that you could have a...
Author: MV
MahaBharat – World, India, Karna-Arjun, Bollywood
With more than 74,000 verses, long prose passages, and about 1.8 million words in total, the Maha-Bharat (The Great story of the Bharat Dynasty) is one of the l...
Indonesia’s Celebrated Actress – A Fan of Shammi Kapoor and Dil Deke Dekho
Indonesian actress Christine Hakim, a six-time recipient of Indonesia’s prestigious Piala Citra award for best actress, grew up watching Shammi Kapoor fil...
Omkara – Watch Othello Come Alive – An Absolutely Must Watch Film
I prefer Ajay Devgan’s “Omkara” to Lawrence Olivier’s “Othello”. Let me take you on a journey to show why I mean what I say....
Watching CNBC – A Bollywood Rasik’s Perspective
Last week, as I watched CNBC during the day, I was struck by similarities between my reactions to watching Bollywood Films and my reactions to watching CNB...
Interview with Rachel Saltz of the New York Times
Rachel Saltz writes reviews of Bollywood films for the New York Times. Her reviews caught our eye because she seems to really get the essence, the spirit or the...
The American Dream – Realized, Lost, Then Slowly, Painfully Regained – A Pure New York City Story
A few years ago, I was in a hurry to get to JFK Airport to catch my flight. I offered the young cab driver an extra $50 if he could get me there in time. I made...
Disclosure (1994) and Aitraaz (2004) – Bolly Holly Films – 4
The movie “Disclosure” made history by showcasing a unique twist to a more common tale – Sexually aggressive, predatory behavior by a woman to...
The Greatest Publishing Project of Recent Years – Conceived and Implemented in America
I would hazard a guess that every notable scholarly pursuit in American history began at Harvard. This may be my naiveté or the pain of having paid four years o...
From the Tang Dynasty in 5th century CE to 21st Century Beijing – A Tradition of Sanskrut Scholarship
During his recent visit to China, Pranab Mukherjee, the External Affairs Minister of India, handed over the prestigious Padma Bhushan certificate and medallion ...