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66th Annual Cannes Film Festival: Part II

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If you missed the Part I of our Bollywood celebs at this year's Cannes Film Festival, click here. Read More »

Bangladesh’s Faulty Fashion Industry

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Fashion is by definition transient and changing, based on trends and movements, time periods and technology. Read More »

66th Annual Cannes Film Festival: Part I

Sonam Kapoor pairs her Annamika Khanna sari with an embroidered jacket. She pulls the the whole outfit together with her mother's nathni.

The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival, which started on May 15th, 2013, is all set to run through May 26, 2013. Read More »

Book Review: Love InshAllah

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Love, InshAllah is a book that dares to discuss one of the most taboo topics of Islamic, or even South Asian, culture Read More »

Sexual Assault in the Military

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Discipline. Honor. Patriotism. Betrayal? With the recent surfacing of the worsening issue of sexual assault in the military, Read More »

100 Years of Bollywood

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Earlier this month, Bollywood turned the big 100! Not only is this a huge achievement for the film industry in India, but it also shows the world how strong Bollywood has been with story telling and capturing beautiful moments on screen. Read More »

Why We Love Mindy

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by Aditi Mehta – Follow @BrownGirlAditi We sure hope it lasts forever!   Source: sandandglass Read More »

Meet The Staff: Pia Chakrabarti

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Hi, I’m Pia. In Bengali (and several other Indian languages), my name means 'lover'. Read More »

The Indian/Nepali Heritage Camp

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It’s the time of year that gets my blood running. (No- not Spring, though that does get the mucus flowing, Read More »

Kolkata’r Khabaar – (Food from Kolkata, Part 1)

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I decided to start off the year with a two-week trip to the motherland – Kolkata, India. Although my family thought I was crazy Read More »

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