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Vikas Khanna: The Long Road to Instant Stardom on MasterChef India

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 12.26.2011 | Home
Read More: MasterChef India, Star Plus, Flavors First, Vikas Khanna, Michelin Star Chefs, Junoon, Holy Kitchens, Video, Home News
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

The most watched cooking show in the world is not produced in Hollywood. MasterChef India, based in Mumbai, just began its second season on India's Star Plus TV with the highest viewership of any cooking show in the world.

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Aliya LeeKong: Behind a Michelin Star

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 12.06.2011 | Home
Read More: Exotic Table, Michelin Stars, Michelin Guide, Junoon, Aliya LeeKong, Michelin Guide Nyc, Junoon Nyc Restaurant, Everyday Exotic, Exotic Recipes, Culinary Creative Director, Home News
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Aliya LeeKong is the Culinary Creative Director at Junoon, which just received a Michelin star. This is what every chef works for but LeeKong's story of how she arrived in one of New York's Very Important Kitchens is a little different.

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Rock & Roll Jihad

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Politics, Music, Books, Junoon, Jihad, World Music, Rock & Roll Jihad, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Salman Ahmad, Books News
Deepak Chopra

Thirty years from now, when art and technology continue to enable eastern and western youth to come together over music, sports, and pop culture in greater ways, cross-cultural harmony will be more likely.

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: India, Aterciopelados, Summer Olympics Beijing 2008, U.N. Department of Public Information, Emmanuel Jal, U.N. Day Concert 2009 a Tribute to Peacekeeping, Humanitarian, Shankhar Mahadevan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, The War Against War, Angelique Kidjo, Cnn International, Jayashri Wyatt, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Wyclef Jean, Lauren Saffa, U.N. Secretary General, Norway, Lang Lang, Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, Earth Wind and Fire, Xian Song & Dance Troupe, Africa, Zahir Hussain, Senegal, Leonardo Dicaprio, Cotonou, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operation, Oslo, Education Sans Mutilation, Wikipedia, Rwanda, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, South Asia, Berlin Philharmonic, Entwined Twins, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Pakistan, Isha Sesay, Culture Project, You Are Not Alone, Amnesty International, Blood Diamond, Shrinivas Uppalapu, Julianne Hoffenberg, John Mahavishnu McLaughlin, Benin, New York, Junoon, Barack Obama, Time 100, Colombia, Killing Me Softly, Ghatam, The First Time Ever, General Assembly, Salman Ahmad, Fisher Stevens, Interfaith Dialogue, Thought Leaders, Steven Lawrence, China, Bbc, Allan Buchman, National Geographic, Day-O, United Nations, Jim Luce, Harry Belafonte, Paris, Injustice, Vienna Philharmonic, Sudan, She Mama Africa, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram, Malaika, Cancion Protesta, John Lee, Sister Fa, Samir Chatterjee, Blue Helmets, Roberta Flack Singing, War Child Film, Berlin, Grammy-Award, Mridangam, Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Nile Rodgers, Indi-Jazz Fusion, Afghanistan, Kanjira, Eleanor Roosevelt, Freedom of Expression Award, Nobel Peace Prize, We Are the World, Alain Le Roy, God Grew Tired of US, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, The Price of Silence, Two Sheps That Pass., Female Genital Mutilation, Emma McCune, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, New York Times, U.N. Peacekeepers, Swahili, Alicia Keys, Hutu-Tutsi Conflict, Sufi Rock, Remember Shakti, Michael Owen, USA for Africa, Haiti Earthquake, New York News
Jim Luce

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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A Rock and Roll Jihad for the Soul of Pakistan

Rob Asghar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Rock Music, Van Halen, Celebrities Talk Politics, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Led Zeppelin, Salman Ahmad, Taliban, Public Diplomacy, Junoon, Jimmy Page, Music and Religion, World News
Rob Asghar

Sufi music represents spiritual kryptonite to the Taliban -- and it offers a fresh but ancient face of Islam to a West that is wary of invading hordes.

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Shotguns and Munaqababes along the Arabian Sea

Mark Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Al-Qa'eda, Islam, Terrorism, Islamism, Pakistan, Iraq, Music, Junoon, War on Terror, Foreign Policy, Pop Music, Religion, Middle East, Central Asia, Rock N' Roll, Peshawar, Politics News
Mark Levine

In the U.S., and even in Pakistan, the North-West Frontier Province is known almost exclusively as a haven for terrorists, ultratraditionalists, and drug and arms smugglers.

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