Reviews & Previews
Un-digitizing Herself
"Kriya" is the first solo show in the US by the graphic designer and self-taught artist, Jay Moorthy. Previously exhibited in India, this is her first showing in the United States. Refreshing is the word that comes to mind when one views the works. "Kriya" puts on show three of the artist's collections.
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Reviews & Previews
Love, Pray, Eat (dessert)
A review of Lucky Everyday by Bapsy Jain. A beautiful twenty-something Indian chartered accountant teaches yoga to prisoners at a New York State penitentiary. I knew I had to review Bapsy Jain’s Lucky Everyday when I heard the plot outline. The thing that's always stuck in my craw about chick-lit is the consumerism displayed by...
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EGO Femme
Arranged Marriage
It’s time to engage with an issue that many readers have been asking me to comment on, and that would be the big AM: Arranged Marriage. A term that any young Desi worth her salt has passionate views on... Explore the term and its implications on EGO's fortnightly 'Let's talk about' series by Piyali Bhattacharya.
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Art & Culture
The Fakir of Venice
Anand Surapur's yet unreleased film 'The Fakir of Venice' will be screened on Thursday, November 12th, as part of the MIAAC Film Festival, a favorite fall event to help heat up those chilly nights in the city. E. Nina Rothe spoke with film-maker Anand Sarapur over Guinness and 'chai' at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
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EGO Femme
Let’s talk about… ..Facebook
To announce the engagement on Facebook or not? For anyone else, this would be a simple question. Not so for your average Desi-American girl. Putting something like an engagement up on Facebook is a highly politicized affair. Recently engaged EGO contributor, Piyali Bhattacharya shares a familiar dilemma.
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Reviews & Previews
Made in Pakistan
Amitabh Bachchan’s film couldn't match the buzz that Khan’s documentary created at the 6th Annual South Asian International Film Festival. Propelled by a cover story in Newsweek labeling Pakistan, “the most dangerous place in the world” ‘Made in Pakistan’ seeks to dispel the prevailing perceptions of Pakistanis in the West.
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