Understanding Kiddie Movies - Desi Style!

Understanding Kiddie Movies - Desi Style! - NRI Matters:

Spoof on desi marriages : "My husband laughed out loud and commented: “In knowing so much about her, he didn’t say anything about her family, her upbringing, or her education.”"

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Divorces rise as taboo falls in urbanizing India

Divorces rise as taboo falls in urbanizing India - FoxNews.com

With 8-9% GDP growth, and fast urbanization and westernization, would this be far behind? According to the article, the number of divorce courts in Delhi has gone up from 2 to 16 in the last two decades...

"Hindus, who form nearly 80 percent of the country's population, can seek divorce for adultery, insanity, abuse, impotence, desertion or the uniquely Indian grounds that their spouse is a leper or "renounced the world" to enter a religious order. A divorce by mutual consent requires a cooling-off period of six months..."

...and on another note, Elizabeth Hurley claims she is "coping well" with her divorce from Arun Nayer...

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Old gold: India's wedding bling love

Old gold: India's wedding bling love - World - NZ Herald News

Gold at almost $1400...a falling dollar, expensive imports, no inflation to speak of...is the US economy really that weak?

Red Baraat marries the music of Indian weddings with jazz

Red Baraat marries the music of Indian weddings with jazz | NJ.com

Sometimes ideas come from the strangest sources.


If you have been to India and attended a wedding (preferably a boisterous Punjabi wedding), you know what an important part is the "band" in the wedding procession. These musicians, probably around 20-25 of them, in their fancy uniforms harmonize to the latest Bollywood tunes, to get the guests in a dancing mood (and therefore get tips)...


Sunny Jain has taken this concept,  from his own wedding, and created a fusion phenomenon called Red Baraat...read this interesting article for details.

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Konkona ties the knot with Ranvir Shorey

Konkona ties the knot with Ranvir Shorey » Celeb weddings » NDTV Movies

Great news - Konkana was great in Amu (an excellent movie), and Ranvir in the recent play The Blue Mug...

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