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Bochan Huy's neo-Cambodian rock just Rocks!

Bochan Huy, the Cambodian-American singer effortlessly bridges the East West gap with her powerful blend of Cambodian-inspired soulful indie rock! 

 

With a capital B

When Meera Rao looks at art, she comes away with a sense of having been bathed in beauty.
With a Capital B!


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Holi re Holi!

Harpret Sokhi captures the celebration of women and color!

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Zamin

TC meets talented Chicago-based indie rock band Zamin.

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A tribute to Bhimsen Joshi

Rohini (Paranjpe) Sathe pays tribute to Bhimsen Joshi.

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TC Chats with Musician Shankar Tucker

TC talks to the clarinetist and composer.

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The Story of Music with Bombay Jayashri

TC talks to the classical music vocalist.

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You ought to be in pictures

Stanley Pinto muses about his life in theater!

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Caught in the Rain

Shankar Tucker and Rohan Kymal join forces to create another haunting melody.

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Sudnya Shroff

TC interviews Sudnya Shroff, artist and author.

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Rajiv Satyal - The Funny Indian

Meet Rajiv Satyal. Comic, Writer and Actor. He will tell you how to get started in the business, and what it is like to reverse assimilate to India when you grew up in the US.

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The Taming of the Shrew - In Urdu

Susannah Wilson, producer, talks to TC about an Urdu version of the Taming of the Shrew from Pakistan, which opens at the Globe Theater in May

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The Price of Truth

Kavita Roy examines why Aamir Khan's fee-based TV debut  to expose social evils succeeds....... where Anna Hazare's fee-free anti-corruption drive fizzled..

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Natya & Narration

Modern stories come alive in the classical Bharathnatyam tradition.

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The Irritating Infomercial

Anu Santhanam finds that late night infomercials try her patience but cure her insomnia!

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Daughters of the Indo-Pak dynasties

Nayantara Sehgal and Fatima Bhutto meet for the first time!

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Vayu Naidu & The Art of Story Telling

A modern-day Scheherazade keeps an ancient tradition alive!

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Bollywood on a Budget

A struggling indie musician in America outsources his music video to India and comes up trumps!

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All that Jazz

Stanley Pinto discovers jazz and jam sessions as a 16-year old in 1960s Bombay!

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To Tattoo or Not To

From traditional body art to contemporary fashion trend, the tattoo makes a comeback!

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Indian Philatelic Treasures

Stanley Pinto mulls over the commemorative stamps released to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore!

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I Like You Better on Facebook 

Comedian Livia Scott puzzles over why Facebook personas so much sexier than real life!

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'Make Chai not War' - What the %$#@&?  

The 'Make Chai not War' comedy tour of India aims to promote harmony and bridge cultural gaps through comedy.

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Grammy nominated Adele inspires east & west mash-up 

A mashup of 'Adele's 'Rollin in the Deep' with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's 'O Re Piya', featuring Rohan Kymal from Shankar Tucker's fusion music channel Shruthi Box

 

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Zeb & Haniya, Music Sans Frontiers

 

A Pakistani all-girl band breaks barriers with their blend of music!

 



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A Bollywood dance flash mob becomes a 21st century global phenomenon. 



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 Thespian James Earl Jones receives an honorary Oscar from Sir Ben Kingsley, much to the delight of an unsuspecting audience on a London stage.

 

 

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View these fabulous slides by Meena Kadri, Creative Director of Random Specific. 

 


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Writer and art collector Stanley Pinto reminisces about an artist who was hugely talented, but who had very human flaws.

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Why this Kolaveri di? A viral phenomenon with over 11 million views in one week on YouTube.