Entertainment
Tumsa Nahin Dekha! Shammi Kapoor: 1931-2011
A tribute to Mr. Yahoo, the once abject failure, who became a rebel star and revolutionized Indian cinema
Unintended Extras
NRI filmmakers reflect on the quirks and eccentricities of producing a film in India
Sex Before Viagra
Very few Indians have actually read the Kamasutra, which is boringly pedantic and — shockingly to many — did not contain pictures in the original.
Dying Melodies
There’s a clear divide in the Indian music world between film and non-film music. With their huge budget, films are growing ever bigger. The blend of pop, rap and Sufi music in Indian film songs has doomed the independent music genre.
Hymnals Of Desire
Hindu culture embraced eroticism and sex as an essential ingredient and institutionalized it in the four exalted goals of Hindu life.
Technology And Tradition Have To Be Friends
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, one of the world’s foremost players of the sarod, reflects on business and art.
Freedom To Offend
The consternation over M.F. Husain’s acceptance of Qatari citizenship has rekindled debate on artistic freedom and responsibility in India.
Will the Owner of the Ava Lounge Stand Up?
The Chatwals, long very visibly tied to the Ava Lounge, deny any association after the bar is sued.
The Last Bioscopewallah
Mohammad Salim is so enamored with his bioscope that he sails by life oblivious to the grievances he could pick with it.
Jackson Heights
An Indian American’s take on the Michael Jackson phenomenon that swept America — and the world at large — off its feet for more than a decade.
Bard Of The Bedroom?
An intimate, anecdotal look at the life and times of India’s most controversial woman writer.
Gureilla Marketing for Indie Films
Indie filmmakers turn to innovative promotional tools on the Web to market low budget movies.
Seeing Stars?
2008 seems destined to go down as one of the most cataclysmic years to rock the world, with perhaps the worst financial crisis in a half-century. Considering that economists seem totally out of their elements and are seeing stars, Little India thought why not turn to those who make their living reading the stars.
Foreign Art Comes Calling
"Lately we've seen so many mediocre works drum up immense publicity simply on the strength of the origin of the artist."
