Karmacy doesn’t release albums often, squeezing one out every presidential election year. And this is their time. Their third full disc, Wooden Bling, is coming out in the next month.
If you’re on Facebook, listen to the lead track, ‘Mera Juta.’ It’s Gujju and Punjabi rap mixed in with classic ‘Mera Joota Hai Japani (My Shoes […]
As if heeding the Dalai Lama, the Tibet protesters in Harvard Square tonight took pains to say they were against the Chinese government, not the Chinese people. But after a couple of generations of propaganda, the prevailing opinion on Tibet seem to have converged with that of the Communist Party.
Unlike the Tibet protests in Union […]
Our best-known Toastmasters Club refugee has sold out Symphony Space in Manhattan. Actress Rita Wolf will interp a story from Unaccustomed Earth, which will save committed fans the heartburn of shelling out $26 for 40 minutes of head down, straight through.
Or you could see her at Barnes & Noble Union Square tomorrow (Tue April 1) […]
Jhumpa Lahiri read ‘Hell-Heaven‘ at MIT last night from her upcoming short story collection Unaccustomed Earth. The story was originally published in the New Yorker in ‘04.
There were maybe 400 people in the Physics 101-style lecture hall and another 200 in an overflow line which stretched a city block, the full length of the Gehry […]
Tony D’Souza of the excellent The Konkans stopped by a bookstore last night in a small Boston suburb. He read a comic scene about DIY pig slaughter in a hardcore Chicago accent and the cadence of a poetry slam. He’s got his reading schtick down, more natural than most authors I’ve heard read.
The event was […]
Two secret agents from Vancouver, B.C. slipped into a massive Obama rally in Seattle last week to try and rig the U.S. elections. They wore ‘Canadians for Obama’ t-shirts, but their Canuck cloak of invisibility enabled them to pass unappreciated.
A.J. the earnest desi political geek said that not only is Obama the new JFK, he’s […]
Berkeley students in blue and gold bust out bhangra at the Campanile, on the Bay Bridge and in the windows of Macy’s Union Square. A Cal umbrella stands in for a staff. My blue ‘n gold heart is flush with pride (thanks, Vinod):
Tahmima Anam, who like the artist formerly known as Prince has her own first-name domain, read from A Golden Age tonight at Harvard Book Store. She says she intended to do the Bangladeshi War and Peace, but realized she was much more interested in writing about the impact of the war on ordinary people […]
All right, Bostonists: Tahmima Anam is reading tonight in Harvard Square. Show your face. Be fashionably late. But come for the ironically-named A Golden Age – one of the first Bangladesh war novels I’ve heard of, nominated for a Guardian book prize — and samosas afterwards in one of the many desi restaurants which litter […]
The new events tab lets you post plays, book readings, concerts, parties and so on.
This is a huge time-saver: Click the icon to add the event (with time, location and description) right into your schedule.
When your browser asks, choose Open. Your calendar will show the appointment — just click the Save button.
For Google, choose […]
Avaaz last night in Williamsburg was the first zombie hipster bhangra party I’ve been to. It’s like Sank liveblogging desi bands, and it’s never less than interesting. At one point a Kurt Russell impersonator rapped over AC/DC with ‘Addicted to Love‘ backup dancers in ashes and latex.
Here’s Manish Tandon of the Krishna-referencing Butterthief. They sounded […]
Yes, Dear Leader: Amit pulls a Mao
At first I thought the Bastiat Prize meal was to be dinner with rich bastards. Sitting among i-bankers and VCs, I prepped a day-job story to suit the audience — ‘I make petroleum from the bones of the poor.’
The most widely-read India blogger was stumbling around SoHo last night trying to decipher the mystery of the two-thousand-dollar handbag. He’s up for a journalism prize about fiscal conservatism, and while his wife looked through the boutique, he was putting that principle into practice.
I shrugged helplessly. ‘It’s like electronics,’ I said. ‘You’ll never understand it, […]
My friends’ film Loins of Punjab Presents had its U.S. film festival premiere at SAIFF Wednesday night in a huge Lincoln Center theater adorned with a lotus flower and elephants, as if for the occasion. It was a riot: a small red carpet, a big happy audience. The whole thing […]
When a good Punjabi boy gets invited to a red carpet premiere, does he choose between inviting his girlfriend or his mother? No, he rides dirty. In some eyes, this makes him part-Irish and Jewish. You gangsta, Avram Singh O’Sullivan, you gangsta. (thanks, Gitesh)
Related posts: The tao of Steve, Waris X, He got game, Wes […]
Indian tourism is sponsoring several fairly generic cultural events in NYC over the next four days. The most interesting: a Steve McCurry photo exhibit at the Bryant Park Hotel (40 W. 40th between 5th and 6th Aves.), and a craft show + dance performances at Bryant Park (interesting for the central venue).
On one hand, the […]
The highlight of last night’s Indian Electronica Festival was rapper Shahid’s coat inspired by Bollywood fanzines. You try to look away, but you can’t:
I’ve been building it up for months, and now you can finally see it: the ensemble comedy Loins of Punjab Presents opens this year’s South Asian International Film Festival in NYC. The opening gala will be at 9pm the evening of Wed., Oct. 3rd at Loews Lincoln Square, Broadway between 67th and 68th. My friends […]
Here are snaps from yesterday’s joint meetup with Sepia Appletini. At 5 the bar wasn’t open, at 5.45 they let everyone in. The crowd grew to ~50-60 over the course of the evening. People drifted out to dinner around 9 and from there to a Desilicious party or a sheesha lounge.
Pooja filled us in on […]
Reminder: Ultrabrown meetup at Verlaine in Lower East Side this Saturday, Aug. 18, 5pm, joint meetup with Sepia Bellini. Someone please wear a macaca tee. 110 Rivington between Essex/Ludlow. See you there!
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