Novelist David Rubin dead

David Rubin, novelist, translator, and an authority on the literature of India, died on February 2 from a stroke at Roosevelt Hospital. He was 83. His first novel The Greater Darkness, a novel of......

Amritanandamayi addresses NY's inter-faith center

Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi is slated to address the Interfaith Center at New York on Tuesday on 'Inter-religious understanding and collaboration.' According to an Amrita Mutt release,......

Martin Scorsese goes back in time

Earlier this week, a conversation about a ten-year old meditative film on the life of Dalai Lama brought a large number of New Yorkers to the Rubin Museum of Art.And as the gifted writer Pico Iyer......

Two great minds, one platform

Wow, this sure was a unique meeting of great minds! Distinguished journalist and travel writer Pico Iyer (right) and Oscar-winning -- though most would agree that is the least of his achievements......

New York gets a taste of India

From the glitzy world of Bride And Prejudice to the hell of Matrubhoomi, where the shortage of women in a village leads to five men marrying one woman, the five-day South Asian International Film......