Ginger curry and copious cups of tea: World's oldest marathon runner, 100, reveals secrets of his success

Ginger curry and copious cups of tea: World's oldest marathon runner, 100, reveals secrets of his success | Mail Online:

'If there's something you can't change then why worry about it? Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative, stay smiling and keep running.'


Despite being born on April 1, 1911, Mr Singh insisted his age is no April Fool's joke. He is indeed 100 years old and still as fit as a fiddle.


He said he developed his love for running whilst working as a farmer in the Punjab.

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Indian tattoos - traces of the divine

Indian tattoos - traces of the divine - Yahoo!Xtra Entertainment

"Reality television shows like "LA Ink" -- about tattoo artists and their clients in Los Angeles -- have helped changed the modern mindset towards tattoos in India, he said.
"About five years back people didn't want to go for tattoos. They used think it was only for junkies. People are more open-minded now. It's now being seen in a very good light."
That change has also influenced designs, with previously popular Western and Japanese art making way for styles reflecting India's rich and varied artistic, religious and cultural heritage and as a form of identity and self-expression..."

Conan's commercial for AmEX - In India

American Express Hires Conan O'Brien for Commercials - WSJ.com

Funny commercial - and well shot in India. Probably only Conan could pull this off!

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Sweet look at family love - Raspberry Magic

Sweet look at family love - TV/Movies - NewsObserver.com

The review of the movie is good - the challenge of presenting an event or art to the desi community is evident from writer/director Leena Pendharkar's blog:


"This weekend, we opened up Raspberry Magic at the Galaxy Cinemas in Cary (right outside of Raleigh), NC.  Doing a theatrical screening is definitely challenging, because it means that you have to have sustained PR and buzz around the movie for people to go and see it.  We got some good PR through local publications and there was decent buzz, but it was definitely challenging.  We were able to get people at all of the screenings, they were very small crowds, but there were people, and many people who came from reading reviews in the local papers.  Megha and I answered questions after all of the screenings, and it was great to see that people had really interesting questions.  We also spent time at local Indian businesses and the international festival handing out postcards and getting the word out on the movie as much as we could.  We’ll see overall in terms of how it works out financially, but it was nice to show the film in a different place, and really get it out to some new audiences.  The hustle of indie film never stops!"

Converse pulls shoe portraying Hendrix as Hindu god

Converse pulls shoe portraying Hendrix as Hindu god | Believe It or Not | HoustonBelief.com

Jimi Hendrix was one of the greatest guitar players ever - if you are even remotely interested in guitar, and you haven't heard his performance of the Star Spangled Banner on Youtube, stop what you are doing and go here.

However, to equate Hendix to a 10 armed Hindu god, and then to put him on Converse shoes...may be taking creativity a bit too far...add this to Ganesha on toilet seats, supermodels dressing up a Kali, and more....good cocktail party chat fodder..

Per the company, "With approval of the Hendrix estate, we applied artwork taken directly from the 1967 "Axis: Bold as Love" album cover. The cover art included images of Hindu deities. Our ambitions were to honor the music of Jimi Hendrix. It was not our intent to offend Hindu culture by having Hindu deities on footwear,"

My name is Khan - no, not that one...

Sal Khan: Bill Gates' favorite teacher - Aug. 24, 2010

No, its not Shahrukh, but its Salman.


No, not the bare-chested one...this is Salman Khan, who lives in San Jose, has three degrees, a house, two Hondas, and just got major props from Bill Gates for his free tutorials through his Khan Academy. A fascinating article in Fortune magazine, showing how someone follows their passion, does it real well, and without any monetary motives - and gets noticed in a big way. Doerr and Gates as fans? Shout-outs in front of world's 2000 top thinkers? Amazing...


Kudos to Sal Khan, and his Khan Academy.

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The new colonialism of "Eat, Pray, Love" - Eat, Pray, Love

The new colonialism of "Eat, Pray, Love" - Eat, Pray, Love - Salon.com


Sandip is at it again -I read and have been featuring his writing in my newsletter for a while - and in this article, he shows his wit again:


"But as her character complained that she had "no passion, no spark, no faith" and needed to go away for one year, I couldn't help wondering, where do those people in Indonesia and India go away to when they lose their passion, spark and faith? I don't think they come to Manhattan. I wonder if there could be an exchange program for the passion-deprived, a sort of global spark-swap..."
Keep up the good work, Mr. Roy!

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'Hiding Divya' was a real challenge for Pooja Kumar

Image via Wikipedia'Hiding Divya' was a real challenge for Pooja Kumar
Pooja Kumar has come a long way. From the early days of Miss India America to a familiar face on ads on NYC buses to her latest movie, Hiding Divya. In fact, at a recent meeting at a large financial planning company, their standard product collateral had a picture of her - maybe showing diversity or the girl next door..
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The movie sounds very intriguing, but with a new director, its always iffy...as NY TImes states, “Hiding Divya” has moments that feel drawn from life, and the nurturing, smothering Indian community where Divya lives is nicely sketched in. But Ms. Mirza’s storytelling has too many holes: pieces that don’t add up, scenes that leave you with fundamental questions. In the end, you’re none the wiser about mental illness or even about these characters. "

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