Diaspora(s)

How I envy you!

"I bump into you everywhere, sipping chai outside of coffeeshops, reading legal documents on the metro, in YouTube Harvard commencement footage.

Read on for EGO columnist, Mark Hiew's, funny yet reflective piece on the "bi-culturalness" of Asian Americans.

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Architecture & Design

Punk Mogul from the Lost City

Afshan Durrani is fond of breaking rules. She is not a ‘rebel’ in the traditional sense, but a sensual subversive, the owner and lead designer of Lost City, a company that produces couture fabric and upholstery. She’s designing her way back to the Mogul Renaissance and infusing it with her punk ethos.

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Bollywood

"Genrefication"

Will the age old family pass-time of watching Bollywood movies together, turn into an age-segregated, and thus further age-segragating, entity? With the waves of change across Bollywood, and the apparent cross-pollination of styles and methods across various film industries, we have to wonder- what next?

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Fiction

First Love

Sheba Karim, writes a short story on Irfan's first love, and how it salvages him from the sadness of migration to a country that is sorrounded by brown sands that are "endless and unforgiving". Read on for a description of Irfan's heroine, "a goddess, an Indian Aphrodite...."



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Reviews & Previews

Pink Elephant

EGO Columnist Mo Shah writes a racy review of Pink Elephant, the singular hotspot of the moment. Owned and actively managed by youthful former Studio 54 doorman David Sarner, Pink Elephant attracts an international who’s-who of the professional, entertainment, art, and trust-fund-baby world.

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Bollywood

SRK's Foreign Co-Stars

Shah Rukh Khan - From a small screen television actor to a big screen export kwality commodity, the Shah Rukh brand has amassed a global network of fans; and it is not only the Indian community packing overseas theatre houses, but also a growing audience of goras who can't get enough of Khan.

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Bollywood

Umrao Jaan: The Remake

Sugata Basu assesses the merits of this remake of the ageless classic Umrao Jaan, with its unforgettable lyrics, musical scores, riveting choreography and the beautiful Rekha. We at EGO are big fans of the original 1981 movie, so we were especially curious about the attempt to bring back its magic with a new cast and director.

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Bollywood

Desipina's Mirza Sisters

Rachel Astarte Piccione, speaks to Desipina Company founders - Rehana Mirza and Rohi Mirza Pandya. Desipina originated as a thematic amalgam of South Asian and Filipino theater and film, but there’s much more to the story of how these sisters created their dream company.
EGO magazine continues with Soul Sessions.

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