Category: More to life than Curry

I had been watching the short trailers of ‘Gandhi, My Father’ in awe. There something about Gandhi that always catches my attention and something about the title- Gandhi, My Father….WOW! I just realized I knew nothing at all about his children. Trying to remember what I had learnt in my history classes (most of which I slept through) did not prove fruitful either. I finally turned to the almighty- the net, the Internet! No luck,…

‘Do u wanna Partner O Partner..’ with the song in the top 10 of the Indian charts, the trailer being shown every 5 minutes on Desi TV and the combination of my son’s request, the song has been playing constantly around me for the last few months.

I just watched Naqaab and thought I’d give my 2 cents worth.  Naqaab, starring Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna and Urvashi Sharma and directed by Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla, starts off pretty routinely.  You could have watched a hundred movies with the same premise — rich guy, poor girl, handsome third wheel, etc, etc. 

Sandwich shop manager Mohammad Kashif Memon from Pakistan dances to Bollywood on America’s Got Talent show in Chicago. Watch this video of Kashif doing a Hrithik Roshan number. He sure brings the house down. This video has received 200,000 plus hits thus far.

Like any South Asian kitchen, our pantry and spice cabinets are full to the brim!! Between the two of us, we have close to 100 spices and atleast 25 different daals and beans! The sheer number can seem intimidating and very daunting to anybody. We have put together a list of basic items that will help you, and through the video, you see what they look like as well.