'You broke the boundary of what it meant to be an Indian woman and the wife of a diplomat. 'You did not serve tea or sit idly by as men spoke about business matters -- a trope I have seen much too often in Indian and Indian-American households. 'You followed your dreams.'
The resolution observed that the American-Hindu community has been a major contributor to diverse sectors such as medicine, science and engineering, information technology, hospitality, finance, academia, manufacturing, energy, retail trade, among others.
By refusing to follow the pack and remain politically correct, Aamir Khan has paid a price. A fascinating excerpt from Shobhaa De's new book, Insatiable.
After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon on Wednesday, August 23, Bollywood has joined India to laud ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and its team for the historic mission.
Anupam Kher celebrated his friend Satish Kaushik's 67th birth anniversary on April 14 by hosting a musical night, and getting Kaushik's friends to share their memories about him.
Here's a glimpse of Hindi rock band Prayag on stage, doing what they do best -- making music. Take a look.
'I have lost a piece of my heart.' 'I can cry me a river and write words & words.. but I can never completely express what he means to me.' 'Mera yaar ...KK!!'
'Thank you to everyone who ever collaborated, hired, or listened to my music. I exist because of you'
'The Iranians are very resilient people. So even when they are throttled, they try their best to survive.'
'You can still hear gunshots, and this time even children know they are not normal.'
'Jeymalyatha has suffered more than enough and that she deserves to spend the rest of her time on this Earth away from her abusive trainers, rehabilitating, and with others of her kind.'
Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
Rare glimpses from the Legend's Life.
Bollywood stars love travelling. Here's where they're off to these days.
Ayushmann Khurrana is ready to repeat the flirtatious woman deed second time around in Dream Girl 2.
'Umrao Jaan has a beautiful soundtrack, and has been very dear to us right from our childhood days. We felt it had the perfect story to recreate for a stage musical.'
Ten images from the world that show we live in an incredibly odd, odd world.
'A Colourful World is for every child, telling them that like the different coloured crayons in a box, they should also appreciate their differing identities, shine and live peacefully with other human beings in our colourful world.'
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
'We knew we would miss her, but we never knew it would be so hard.'
When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media.
'There was no TV, no fridge, just illumination, so at least they could avoid the occasional snake, the frequent scorpions,' says Kishore Singh.
Aruna Viswanatha grew up in New Jersey but worked in New Delhi as a reporter from December 2007 to May 2009. She is currently a reporter in Washington, D.C. Aruna offers her take on working in Indian offices.
What does Neal Mohan, anointed the next CEO of YouTube, have in common with Sir Cliff Richard? They are alumni of St Francis' College. Mohan, who will take over the reins of the social media platform, is arguably the second most high-profile personality after the British music icon to be associated with the all-boys institution ensconced in the heart of Lucknow.
After 26 years, Aditya Chopra is set to direct DDLJ again and it will mark his debut as a director on Broadway.
Wojcicki, 54, said in her blog post that she will focus on "family, health, and personal projects I'm passionate about." Wojcicki, who was previously a senior vice president for ad products at Google, became CEO of YouTube in 2014.
'Bottomline, hairline and waistline -- you have to watch them always.'
The IIFA weekend saw a bevy of Bollywood stars, with green carpet arrivals, performances and awards.
Make your Valentine's Day fun and fabulous with Sukanya Verma's OTT suggestions.
From aadmi to andas, Bollywood songs dispense gyaan for every occasion. But nothing beats its obsession with pyaar.
There's an entire gurdwara dedicated to immigration. People present tiny airliner models here in the hope that Waheguru will soon give them a ticket, passport and visa to leave, reveals Shekhar Gupta.
'All the parts that I have played till now, I have got them only through auditions.' 'I auditioned my a** off.'
'People sometimes ridiculed him for the way he looked or dressed.' 'Sometimes they ran down his music.' 'But I have never heard him say one bad word about anyone.'
Nostalgia in the time of Covid is proving to be big business, observes Aditi Phadnis.
The maiden voyage has 32 tourists from Switzerland signing up for the entire length of the journey.
Aseem Chhabra highlights 10 films that moved him, films that may show up in theatres near you.
Shraddha gets the blues... Kajol spends the day with her love... Mini shares her memories...
Elevator selfies are a whole mood... and we totally understand why.
It is astonishing, even for many of us who may have wide exposure to music, to see how such world-class performers are so little known in their own land, notes Aakar Patel.
Lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar on Friday said his comments on the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks during his recent visit to Pakistan have become "too big" but he had to set the record straight on certain things while he was there.
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