Bombay

Lakme Fashion Week Brings Beauty to Bombay

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.06.2012

Marissa Bronfman

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Blogging in Bombay: Miss Malini Builds a Business

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 03.12.2012

Marissa Bronfman

Malini Agarwal is India's most famous blogger; an independent, effervescent young woman who has turned a hobby into a business, desire into reality and a whole lot of passion into an enormously successful brand.

Discovering The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 03.04.2012

Nina Sankovitch

The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar is a sparkling and sharp slice of life that, in presenting four personal stories, reflects and illuminates universal truths.

Which MLB Player Is Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro To Raise Awareness For Sex Trafficking?

Posted 12.28.2011

Though the New York Mets warned R.A. Dickey that it will void his contract if he gets hurt climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the pitcher is going forward wi...

Slum Tourism: Learning or Leering

Patrick McGinnis | Posted 10.07.2011

Patrick McGinnis

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the impetus for my visit was the film Slumdog Millionaire.

Pakistan: Drone Attacks Are Wrong, Regardless

Ethan Casey | Posted 09.18.2011

Ethan Casey

Drone attacks are wrong. I'm sure to be called an appeaser of terrorists for saying that, particularly in light of the latest events in Mumbai. But I ...

"Exotic Observations": Zenobia Shroff Joins SPANK at the UCB Theater

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 08.27.2011

E. Nina Rothe

On Thursdays, the UCB Theater hosts a series called SPANK, which features two to three new solo or sketch shows. In their own words, courtesy of the UCB website, "It's comedy just out of the womb."

Found in Translation: Aamir Khan Returns in Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Weinkauf

Dhobi Ghat is no Bollywood musical, but rather a scintillating, universal paean to life anywhere in the world, which happens to focus astutely on modern Mumbai.

The Return of the Wizard

Yazmany Arboleda | Posted 05.25.2011

Yazmany Arboleda

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Bollywood's Slumdog Cake

Parvez Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Parvez Sharma

A shorter version of this article appeared in The Guardian newspaper. As the fate of the Commonwealth Games hangs in balance, India's risible Bolly...

Satirizing India in the Age of Globalization

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

This remarkable debut novel is one of the very best novels ever to come out of South Asia, and points to a new direction after the earlier wave of writing by Salman Rushdie, Rohinton Mistry, and Vikram Seth.

'Breathless In Bombay' Author Murzban Shroff Reflects On The Real Mumbai: Exclusive Interview

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

Breathless in Bombay is the real deal, giving us a taste of the genuine Mumbai, as Shroff explores ancient vocations and newfangled professions with equal ease.

Suketu Mehta: Bombay's Biographer

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Lydon

Suketu Mehta's masterwork, Maximum City, did for Bombay what the immortals Dickens and Balzac did for London and Paris.

Bullets in Bollywood: No Eid For Me

Parvez Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Parvez Sharma

On this Eid-al-Adha, the Muslim festival of the sacrifice, I wonder what aspect of my identity troubles me more: the Indian, the Muslim, or both.

Mumbai Trial: Suspect Retracts Confession, Says It Was Coerced

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

The leading suspect in the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks trial has retracted his confession. The lawyer for the sole surviving suspected gunman, Mohammed A...

What "Slumdog Millionaire" Doesn't Tell You About India

World Vision | Posted 05.25.2011

As Slumdog Millionaire swept the Academy Awards with eight wins, including the prestigious Best Picture award, international aid agency World Vision u...

Pakistan U-Turns On Sending Spy Chief To India

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 05.25.2011

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan demanded evidence for Indian charges it was involved in the Mumbai attacks and reversed its decision to send its ...

Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. President-Elect!

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

William Bradley

For Obama, the Mumbai attacks mean that we are on the verge of another major geopolitical crisis, with enormous implications for our already deeply troubled programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.