Posts Tagged ‘ipod’
Rumour has it Mathai’s the one we’ve all been waiting for
by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University
Sharon Mathai is a 19 year old, South Indian girl from Dallas, Texas who recently took her chances and auditioned for NBC’s The Voice. Sharon was born into a family of doctors, but decided to break away from the norm and pave a new path for herself...
March 12th, 2012 | Entertainment, Spotlight | Read More
Britain’s own R&B: Remember the “Best Newcomer” – Arjun
by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University
I don’t usually get crazy nervous when I interview sources for stories but tonight, my nerves took a crazy rollercoaster ride. I felt like a 10-year-old girl at a Spice Girls concert. I had the privilege of speaking with one of my favorite up and coming...
January 25th, 2012 | Entertainment, Spotlight | Read More
The Red Tide with Indian Flair: Prita Chhabra
by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University
Meet Prita Chhabra, an up and coming South Asian artist taking the music scene by storm one performance at a time! Prita was born in Canada but at the age of fifteen, she moved to Orlando, Florida. She returned to her hometown and obtained a psychology...
January 2nd, 2012 | Entertainment, Spotlight | Read More
My Pet Dragon – Mountains and Cities
by Priya Patel – Guest Contributor
It’s been almost a year since I’ve interviewed Reena Shah, then serving as one half of musical duo My Pet Dragon. Since then, the band has expanded to a full 5-member outfit and they have finished up their first album, Mountains and Cities, debuting on iTunes...
July 29th, 2011 | Entertainment | Read More
The Voice: Sonia Rao
by Komal Thakkar - George Washington University – Star Contributor
I have grown up at the ballet barre beginning at age five, and I have never known a life without dance. In the artistic environments that I was brought up in, minorities are a rare sight. Thus, when I learn of a South Asian making...
May 19th, 2011 | Entertainment | Read More
Bollywood Induced Pyaar
by Shritin Patel – Houston Baptist University Graduate
Lately, I’ve been busy; I’ve been running around… I’ve been… I’m out of excuses. Truth is I had a small case of writer’s block. Actually, in this book for writers I read (well skimmed through the first...
April 26th, 2011 | Entertainment | Read More
Album Review: Cornershop
by Sheela Lal - University of Missouri
With the 1997 single “Brimful of Asha,” Cornershop, a British band, gained notoriety, especially after Fatboy Slim remixed it. The song has gone on to be featured in a multitude of media. Despite the massive amount of exposure, the band doesn’t stay pigeon...
March 29th, 2011 | Entertainment | Read More
All I need in this life of sin is me and my music
by Priya Mukhopadhyay – Stony Brook University
Music is the solution to every problem or question that may arise in one’s life. It is the answer that one searches for and can’t seem to find elsewhere. Solace, which is otherwise unattainable, seeks refuge in music. It is the amplifier of feelings...
January 2nd, 2011 | BGBlog | Read More
Brown on Spotlight: Anjulie Persaud
by Shivangi Ramachandran - University of Oregon
Only a fellow brown girl knows how hard it is to make it. And by make it, I mean, strip ourselves away from the tensions and insecurities that arise from being immigrants, and turn it one of our biggest strengths.
An emerging and supremely talented young...
July 5th, 2010 | Spotlight | Read More
Punjabi Kudi – A review
by Priya Patel – University of Florida
Directed by: Radhika Bordia & Natasha Badhwar, Punjabi Kudi. 2008. 20 min.
View this movie at cultureunplugged.com
This short 20-minute documentary takes an expansive look into South Asian female music artists in England and how they personally...
July 1st, 2010 | Entertainment | Read More





