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Oscars 2021: Irrfan Khan, Bhanu Athaiya get mention ‘In Memoriam’

VeenaApril 26, 2021April 26, 2021

by VeenaApril 26, 2021April 26, 202101957

Los Angeles, April 26 (IANS) Irrfan Khan and Bhanu Athaiya were the Indian film personalities honoured in the “In Memoriam” montage showcased at the 93rd Academy

Books

Review of Anjali Enjeti’s Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change

VeenaApril 25, 2021April 25, 2021

by VeenaApril 25, 2021April 25, 202102459

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE On June 19, 1982, Vincent Chin, a Chinese American was at a strip club in Detroit with his friends celebrating his upcoming

NRI News

Indian American physicians elect new leaders for 2021-22 and beyond

VeenaApril 15, 2021April 15, 2021

by VeenaApril 15, 2021April 15, 202101889

Cover photo: Dr. Anupama Gotimukula, incoming President of AAPI. BY AJAY GHOSH Chicago, IL, April 15, 2021: “We have successfully concluded our elections for the

Books

With Girar, author Kiran Bhat is reinventing storytelling and publishing

VeenaApril 12, 2021April 12, 2021

by VeenaApril 12, 2021April 12, 202102694

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE “The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words,” quoted William H. Gass. In Girar (Spanish

City News

YuppTV acquires broadcasting rights for VIVO IPL 2021

VeenaApril 7, 2021April 7, 2021

by VeenaApril 7, 2021April 7, 202102334

Atlanta, GA, April 6, 2021: YuppTV, the world’s leading OTT platform for South-Asian content, has acquired the digital broadcasting rights for VIVO IPL 2021 in close

City News

Lambert High School student wins top poetry prize

VeenaMarch 30, 2021March 30, 2021

by VeenaMarch 30, 2021March 30, 202104972

Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2021: Samiksha Gaherwar of Lambert High School in Suwanee, Georgia recently won the first place in the 57th Annual Nancy Thorp

City News

GCANA’s Seva Project raises close to $200,000 for Narayan Seva Sansthan

VeenaMarch 30, 2021April 5, 2021

by VeenaMarch 30, 2021April 5, 202103623

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2021: Little drops of water make a mighty ocean, they say. And 350 young summer campers of Gujarati

Features

Celebrating Indian women trailblazers who were first in their field

VeenaMarch 29, 2021March 31, 2021

by VeenaMarch 29, 2021March 31, 202116318

BY MADHURI BANDLA* The first female teacher; the first female doctor; the first female engineer; the first in any field. There is a certain dynamic

Movie Review

Pagglait: A movie that doesn’t behave as it is expected to

VeenaMarch 27, 2021March 27, 2021

by VeenaMarch 27, 2021March 27, 202103301

Streaming on Netflix; Pagglait; Cast: Sanya Malhotra, Sayani Gupta, Shruti Sharma, Raghubir Yadav, Ashutosh Rana, Natasha Rastogi, Sheeba Chaddha, Aasif Khan, Meghna Malik, Jameel Khan,

Bollywood

Priyanka Chopra: Oscars, Baftas are amazing but not why I pick projects

VeenaMarch 26, 2021March 26, 2021

by VeenaMarch 26, 2021March 26, 202102169

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Actress-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas is understandably on cloud nine, with “The White Tiger” making an impact in the awards circuit this