South Asian House to be held at SXSW 2023 in Austin
India Overseas Report NEW YORK, MARCH 10, 2023 - South Asian House, premiering for the first time ever at South By Southwest (SXSW) 2023, will be held this weekend, in Austin,…
Hiran Abeysekera to lead Broadway cast of Life of Pi
India Overseas Report NEW YORK - Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaption of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi will premiere at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, with three Olivier Award-winning performers making their Broadway debuts. Recreating…
My recommendation for Father’s Day weekend binge (I mean the TV one)
By Sujeet Rajan June 18: Watch ‘Suzhal – The Vortex’, an absolutely riveting and engrossing eight-part original Tamil crime and mystery thriller on Amazon Prime. Created and written by Pushkar…
Forget ‘The Problem with Apu’. It’s time to ‘Bring Back Apu’.
June 18: ““Bring Back Apu” is a new comedy special from Akaash Singh, the 38-year-old Indian American comedian who wants The Simpsons to revive the Springfield Kwik-E-Mart owner. For nearly…
Vivek Agnihotri comes out on top in a biased, interrogation-type interview by The New Yorker
By Sujeet Rajan June 22: Vivek Agnihotri, director of the critically acclaimed and box office success film, ‘The Kashmir Files’, came out on top with his reasoned-out, intelligent and nuanced answers…
Bollywood’s ‘role’ in police misconduct, human rights violations
Column: This Bothers Me By Krishnan Chittur NEW YORK, August 7, 2021 - Bollywood’s recent unprecedented lawsuit against two popular TV networks generated much discussion about Bollywood’s responsibilities in a democratic…
The bastardization of cricket by One Hundred. What cricket’s newest avatar could have done
Column: Cross Talk By Sujeet Rajan NEW YORK, July 24, 2021 – Forget the absurd marketing stunt by Dennis Lillee when he played with an aluminum bat in a Test…
Atrocious reporting by New York Times, Washington Post of PM Modi, India
Column: This Bothers Me By Krishnan Chittur NEW YORK, June 28: Pandemic coverage has dominated the news media for awhile, and illustrates a fundamental problem with the U.S. media’s coverage of…
Online, social media news gaining traction in India, US
Column: Cross Talk By Sujeet Rajan NEW YORK – In an era where clever quips from standup comedians, ironic memes and politically motivated jokes revolving on social media is at…
Digital elections could be the future of India
Column: Soul-Ution By Sanjay Sharma Enough of pandemic-stirred despondency – death, sickness, sliding economy and job losses. Not an easy task to leave behind that which affects decades ahead. While…