Sumita M. ShethWater is Canada's Oscar entry
Great news about WATER! Canada has set a record for foreign Oscar submissions by nominating a Hindi-language film, the Deepa Mehta-directed Water. It could do so only because, three months ago, Oscar rules were changed to allow a country to...View
Submit to Paying, South Asian Literary Mag
DesiLit Magazine —celebrating exceptional contemporary writing and Visual art focused on *South Asia and the diaspora. Now accepting submissions from writers and visual artists, please apply by November 30, 2006 ARE YOU A WRITER? Looking to express yourself through literature...View
"WHO’S CAMUS ANYWAY?" at the MOMA
WHO’S CAMUS ANYWAY (Sept 24, Sun, 3.30pm; Sept 29, Fri, 8.30pm) Directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi | 2005 | Japan | 115 min | In Japanese with English subtitles | 115 min From the long, bravura opening tracking shot to the...View
Scriptwriter in SF, NY, LA:
FANAA! AND KABHI ALVIDA NA KEHNA!! What do these Blockbuster Hits of 2006 have in common? SHIBANI BHATIJA - SCRIPTWRITER Meet & greet with Shibani as she will be making her first appearance in the US after the renowned success...View
Dance AUDITION in nyc
* PARIJAT DESAI DANCE COMPANY* *SEEKING CONTEMPORARY DANCERS* *Parijat Desai Dance Company is seeking 3-4 versatile, intelligent dancers (all genders)with strong technique for paid performances in Los Angeles, Houston, and New York in 2007, and to work with the company...View
Christie's Sale of South Asian Art
Details for the viewing and auction for South Asian art at Christie's are below. Art included will be Gandhara, Indian Sculpture and Tibet. August 21, 2006 FROM THE CROSSROADS TO THE HEART OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Indian and Southeast...View
Kiran Desai shortlisted for Booker prize
Courtesy the Hindustan Times we have a great update on Kiran Desai's making it to the Booker shortlist along with 6 other novelists! People who have read her latest book, The Inheritance of Loss, have generally liked it, appreciating it...View
Call for Short Fiction Entries
Looks like a good way to make some cash :-) -Sumita Sheth Wild Blue Yonder Frontier Airlines' In-Flight Magazine Short Fiction Contest call for entries Current theme: Work and Play for March/April 2007 issue Deadline: December 15, 2006 Submit...View
BBC program fixer opp in India
Another opportunity- to work on a great project travelling around India. Please get in touch with the person indicated and not us. You can mention EGO if you want but we do not endorse or otherwise vouch for anything written...View
Saturday Night Live - Talent Intern wanted
Looks like a great opportunity. Please get in touch with the person indicated and not us. You can mention EGO if you want but we do not endorse or otherwise vouch for anything written below. -Sumita Sheth Saturday Night Live...View
Opportunity with SAKHI in NYC
SAKHI for South Asian Women in NYC is looking for an Economic Empowerment coordinator on the anniversary of a day when they lost a very valued past memmber. See below for details. -Sumita Sheth Dear Sakhis: Today is a...View
Interpreter of Maladies One Book, One Chicago pick
Quite interesting. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri is the latest selection for One Book, One Chicago. Previous selections for the citywide book club were: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Night by Elie Wiesel; My Antonia by Willa...View
The Atlantic Monthly 2006 Student Writing Contest
For all those who write and are in college right now. -Sumita Sheth The Atlantic Monthly invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays for its 2006 Student Writing Contest. Categories Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic...View
The God of Literary Trends
Entertaining piece on South Asian female authors, courtesy Vesania. -Sumita Sheth The God of Literary Trends By Noy Thrupkaew Wanted: South Asian beauties to pen delicious tales of kitchen squabbles and sparkly saris, imbued with quirky, food-based exoticism. "You...View
The Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Looks like a good opportunity. -Sumita Sheth Initiated by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and administered by Creative Capital, The Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant is a three-year pilot program designed to...View
KATHAK WORKSHOPS - Pt.Birju Maharaj with Saswati Sen - Oct 2,3,4,5
This is a great opportunity to learn Kathak from a living legend if you live around/in NYC. Thanks to Jananki ji for this. -Sumita Sheth The Kathak Ensemble & Friends Announce KATHAK WORKSHOPS taught by Padma Vibhushan PANDIT BIRJU...View
Hindu Judge is Pakistan's acting chief justice
Indo-Asian News Service Islamabad, August 23, 2006|19:11 IST Hindu Judge is Pakistan's acting chief justice Justice Rana Bhagwandas, a Hindu, took oath here on Wednesday as acting chief justice of Pakistan in the absence of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry...View