With nearly two decades as a professor in several American cities and now the owner of two biotech companies, one in San Antonio and the other in the Bay Area, Masarrat Ali could have started his political career with some style. But he chose last year to be a foot soldier, running a precinct for Barack Obama in San Antonio.
The new film is the biggest opening for director Lasse Hallstrom (The Cider House Rules, The Hoax) and it could become his biggest hit.
Tambar, who holds a master's in public administration from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, taught a course there on immigrant youth for a semester. He is assistant deputy commissioner for parent and community engagement at the New York City Human Resources Administration.
Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep may be favourites but we look at all the the actors in the running.
Stanford University medical professor Abraham Verghese is getting ready for another bout of book tours, this time for his bestselling novel Cutting for Stone's paperback edition.
Despite the jaw-breaking success of Avatar, everything isn't magical on the Oscar front. The Hurt Locker rules there.
Edge of Darkness, despite an ominous title, could be yet another bright hit for Gibson in a career full of hot hits.
Chef Gaurav Anand, Arthur J Pais discovers, wants to change the rules of the game.
When Darshana Vakharia, a mother of two in Glendale, California, and wife of a diamond merchant, signed up with Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches or A3M, she hoped her bone marrow would match someone, especially in the Indian-American community. She was surprised when she heard that her marrow could save the life of a 14-year-old Latina girl in Houston.
Anand Tucker is among half a dozen film-makers of Indian origin whose mainstream films will be released in the next few months.
This coming of age film is now out on DVD which is loaded with extras.
Denzel's film The Book of Eli grossed $11.7 million on its opening day in America and Canada against Avatar's $10.4 million.
Check out the DVD verdicts of Paranormal Activity, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and The Hurt Locker.
James Cameron's Avatar is now the second highest grossing film of all time.
The movie grossed $1.4 million over the weekend, taking its 12-day total to $4.7 million in North America on January 3.
Avatar now ranks number four among the top global grossers of all time.
The Aamir Khan-starrer has grossed $21 million in four days across the globe.
While Sherlock Holmes gives its director Guy Ritchie his first big hit.
Arthur J Pais interviews 18-year-old American student William J Oppenheim III, who, along with a few friends, has established the Omprakash Foundation, which links for-free volunteer teachers with more than 100 grassroots educational projects in 26 countries.
Columbia University professor of medicine Gaurav Shah and his wife Falu are emerging as a high-profile singing couple. Arthur J Pais reports.
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