Posted on 28 November 2008 by Pras Geng
On Wednesday the whole world witnessed a series of deadly attacks carried out by gunmen in Mumbai, India. The attacks were carefully coordinated and happened within moments of each other. Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station was one of the first targets before the gang opened fire at Leopold Café. The attackers then moved onto a hospital, and [...][...more]
Posted on 27 November 2008 by Kaynath Parvez
Parveen Babi: Actress, Siren, Icon. She made the cover of Time magazine in 1977, filmed a serial in Italy with lover Kabir Bedi, and lived in New York for many years. She was a product of the flower children, yoga, the Beatles, and the Students Movement of the 1960s. She remained an outsider to Bollywood, tempting [...][...more]
Posted on 25 November 2008 by Naushad Reza
For the next few weeks Barack Obama will be mentioned in every conversation, article and educated debate for his gallant stance in history. A black man in the White House has taught us about many changes that are possible in the globalised multicultural civilization. The most appealing message of his achievement has to be the [...][...more]
Posted on 23 November 2008 by Pras Geng
If there is one thing I could change about my country of birth, then it is the freedom of press. In October 2006 and June 2007, a group of press freedom and media development organisations undertook an independent review and fact-finding initiative in Sri Lanka. In order to follow up on this review, a further [...][...more]
Posted on 20 November 2008 by Shamik Das
The leaking of the British National Party membership list this week has provoked a wide-ranging debate on racism in Britain.More than 12,800 individual members are named in the dossier, which lists their addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and occupations. The database also details other “interesting notes” such as hobbies, with one member noted as being a [...][...more]
Posted on 18 November 2008 by Sital Ladva
When you picture a stunner of a car like a Porsche, SLK or M3, you immediately presume that the driver is going to be a good-looking guy. Why? Because the old fashioned and sexist views which society holds says that women don’t drive fast cars.There is still a strong assumption that women can’t handle such [...][...more]
Posted on 16 November 2008 by Jubair Khan
It’s hard to deny, as a second generation Asian, that my family have never been overly extroverted in their financial matters. And why should they? Things like that only account to gossip for the neighbours. Am I wrong? But, and I know this is a very clichéd stance; in the current climate of credit chaos [...][...more]
Posted on 14 November 2008 by Naushad Reza
In the last few years, Bollywood has gone through an immense transformation - adding Matrix-style CGI effects, enhanced choreography and atypical scripts to quench the thirst of a perpetually-growing international demand. In order to do so, glamour has climbed right to the top of its priority list. It seems that veteran actor Govinda, once known [...][...more]
Posted on 12 November 2008 by Amrita Tanna
One is believed to be the most beautiful woman in the world; the other is a model-turned-actress who has been voted FHM’s Sexiest Woman Alive 2008. One is the daughter-in-law of the first family in Bollywood; the other is the long-standing girlfriend of one of the biggest stars in Bollywood. So is Katrina Kaif’s increasing popularity beginning [...][...more]
Posted on 10 November 2008 by Nabila Pathan
Aspirations mean different things to different people. But the important thing is that they mean something. The danger lies when an individual is totally void of them. That’s when the journey of nothingness begins. This is something I am seeing increasingly in young girls; especially from Asian backgrounds. Female empowerment is one of the greatest challenges facing [...][...more]
Posted on 08 November 2008 by Halima Khatun
Ok, the rubbish name might not give much away, but Actor Prepares is being dubbed the Bollywood Academy, a newly established UK-based acting school which aims to train budding actors for the world of Indian cinema. It is the brain child of veteran Bollywood star Anupam Kher, which could explain the rather literal title, [...][...more]
Posted on 06 November 2008 by Shamik Das
The dream came true for millions of Americans yesterday as Barack Obama became the first black President in US history. Obama rode a tide of emotion to sweep to power by a stunning 349-162 margin in the Electoral College (EC), winning 48 per cent of the popular vote - seven million more votes than John McCain. It [...][...more]
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