Writes Geeta Padmanabhan - The excitement is palpable. Election results in the five states that went to polls are to be announced tomorrow – Friday the thirteenth. These elections, though in just five states out of the 29, were remarkable for many reasons.

Well, it's that time of the year again as we scramble to find suitable and enriching camps for our kids. Here is  a list of Summer Camps in the San Francisco Bay Area which give the kids a chance to connect with their Indian heritage. ...

Slick, glamorous, and frenetically paced, DMD has all the hallmarks of a summer blockbuster – a terrific plot, great music, and the non-stop action that doesn’t leave the viewer any time to ponder the script’s absurdities or inconsistencies.

Writes Geeta Padmanabhan -If you are a retiree in India and spend your hours watching day&night TV news channels, chances are you have stopped watching feature films. In the last year alone, the skeletons that the channels have discovered in government and private cupboards and have instantly sensationalised on air ...

There are three adults in our home – me, my husband, and my mother – and three kids. Our space can get crowded, primarily with kid stuff: impulse buys when I was a new parent, hand-me-downs that I am incapable of declining, and…gifts. It can be overwhelming.

It is a tribute to “India Shining” that the latest popular “away” location for the Hindi film industry is not Switzerland or Mauritius, but the semi-urban environs of North India, where the regional patois offers as much ...

ILPFest 2011 is a musical event showcasing both Indian classical music and the glorious decades of Indian film music for a great cause - Literacy. Organized by the India Literacy Project, the show starts with a Jugalbandhi with Srikanth Chary (Veena), Prasad Jogalekar (Sitar), Shriram Brahmanandam (Mrudangam) and Ravi Gutala (Tabala)....

[caption id="attachment_2821" align="alignleft" width="113" caption="Vidhya Subramanian"][/caption] Every year, a quiet gathering of classical dancers in the Bay Area takes place on Maha Shivaratri- Shiva is after all, the Lord of Dance. The forum, besides being an offering to Shiva, is an ...

More than 185 people from 7 countries and 16 cities fasted for a day in Chennai's Besant Nagar beach to protest against the elevated expressways proposed in Chennai, including the Beach Expressway that is to run through all four ...

Hindu mythology is big these days; a source of inspiration to graphic artists, animated movies, and film plots. Virgin Comics (now Liquid Comics) made the biggest splash with their Ramayana 3393, Devi, and Sadhu series, bringing a touch of Eastern exotic ...