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'Ram-leela' a liberating experience: Bhansali

VeenaNovember 22, 2013

by VeenaNovember 22, 201302204

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) Sanajy Leela Bhansali is feeling liberated ever since his “Ram-leela” hit the screens and wowed the critics

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Obama appoints Indian-American Gargee Ghosh to key post

VeenaNovember 22, 2013

by VeenaNovember 22, 201302338

Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has appointed yet another Indian American, Gargee Ghosh, to a key administration post as member of his

City News

Brahmin Samaj of Georgia’s glitzy annual Diwali dinner

VeenaNovember 21, 2013

by VeenaNovember 21, 201302917

L to R: Jaydev Jani, Gita Kotecha, Sagnika, Chittaranjan Jyotishi, Indubhai Raval, Ramesh Bhatt. Photo by Bharat Kotecha. BY MAHADEV DESAI Atlanta, GA: Brahmin Samaj

InVogue

India has social culture, progressive thinking: Designer Kenneth Cole

VeenaNovember 21, 2013

by VeenaNovember 21, 201302310

Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) American designer Kenneth Cole, who was in India for the debut amfAR gala and for his store opening in the capital,

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Jhumpa Lahiri loses out on US National Book Award

VeenaNovember 21, 2013

by VeenaNovember 21, 201302626

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel, “The Lowland” failed to win the 2013 US National Book Award in

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Indian-American woman killed after being dragged by truck

VeenaNovember 21, 2013

by VeenaNovember 21, 201302660

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Just days after becoming an American citizen, a woman from India was killed in front of her husband after being struck

Business

India leads social networking growth; set to top Facebook

VeenaNovember 20, 2013

by VeenaNovember 20, 201302186

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) With more and more Indians logging onto social networking sites, India has recorded the highest growth in their usage and is

Books

Prickly, provocative: How to Make Enemies and Offend People

VeenaNovember 20, 2013

by VeenaNovember 20, 201302418

By Rosamma Thomas Book: How to Make Enemies and Offend People; Author: G. Sampath; Publisher: Penguin Viking; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.399 “How to Make Enemies

US Sikh with beard gets $50,000 for job denial

VeenaNovember 20, 2013

by VeenaNovember 20, 201302942

New Jersey, Nov 20 (IANS) An Indian-American Sikh man, who was denied a job for keeping a beard by a car dealership in New Jersey

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Indian American actor Kal Penn on Obama's arts panel

VeenaNovember 19, 2013

by VeenaNovember 19, 201301908

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) President Barack Obama has nominated popular Indian-American actor Kal Penn of “The Namesake” fame to his Committee on the Arts and