Feb 17, 2012, New York City: Black, white, red and plenty of metallics dominated the runways at New York’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Fall 2012. Many designers including Badgley Mischka, Carolina Herrera, Diane von Furstenberg, Zang Toi, Monique Lhuillier and others included this strong color palette in their collections. The overall mood was bold and …
Read more »Some people may still know him as Lil Jay, but there is no question that Jay Dabhi, one of New York’s premier DJs, is now all grown up. He’s been DJing for about 20 years first starting with mashing up Bollywood and Bhangra with big dance anthems. Those early mixtapes got him noticed and soon …
Read more »Oct 14, 2011, New York City: The 8th Annual Sikh Film Festival and Heritage Gala was held at Asia Society in New York City. The 2-day festival saw over 1,200 people attending this year’s Film Festival, Gala, and associated Leadership Summit. This ever-growing support from the community validates the role that The Sikh Art and …
Read more »When we last saw Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn), they were fervently trying to escape Guantanamo Bay after being mistaken for terrorists. In the third installment of the Harold and Kumar series, “A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas,” the duo is back in a smoke-filled haze of a 3D adventure. The movie begins …
Read more »Brooklyn is about to get a whole lot cooler. Hotel BPM, a 75-room, lifestyle hotel themed around all things music, is in the last stages of construction and is expected to open in early 2012. Located in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn, Hotel BPM (Beats per Minute) is the brainchild of DJ Bijal, aka …
Read more »It’s time to pull out those saris and scarves…it looks like the Spring/Summer 2012 fashion season will be filled with global influences in vibrant, electric colors! Mixing culture with cool, several designers at New York Fashion Week grabbed inspiration from the constant multicultural influences around us. From the Haitian-inspired geometry at Donna Karan, to Egyptian …
Read more »New York Fashionistas Celebrate Fashion’s Biggest Shopping Night Sept 8, 2011, New York City: As the City’s fashion followers hopped from party to party and store to store during the 2011 Fashion’s Night Out, South Asian fashionistas, for the first time, were treated to a fashion show and party celebrating Indian Couture Collections at Shehnaai …
Read more »Aug 19th, 2011, New York City: As New Yorkers look at the Empire State Building this weekend, they will notice the colors of the Indian flag illuminating the iconic building. Although the building has worn these national colors before, yesterday marked the frist time that actual Indians were responsible for flipping the light switch. Bollywood …
Read more »by Laju Shah August 10th, New York City: Varli Magazine, a publication about Indian food and restaurants, celebrated its one-year anniversary at K Lounge in Midtown Manhattan. Founded by Varli and Ricky Singh, Varli is emerging as a leading culinary guide showcasing the delights of Indian cuisine. With several Chefs showcasing speciality dishes at the …
Read more »Have you ever watched a play and instinctually realized that you “knew” every character in the plot? That’s what happened to me when I went to see Aizzah Fatima’s Dirty Paki Lingerie. A one-woman show centered on the lives of six Pakistani, Muslim women, Dirty Paki Lingerie is an intimate revelation on what it really …
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