Following his international breakout with 2009′s “Slumdog Millionaire,” the actor continued his crossover success with appearances in Fox’s ’24.’ Now, with a plum role in the Tom Cruise tentpole, his international profile is about to reach the next level. With...

The scene at the Mumbia, India, premiere of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol showed local fans worked into a frenzy by the mere presence of Tom Cruise – but one Indian paper says their excitement came at a price. The First Bollywood reported that around 200 extras were...

Nek Chand became a road inspector in Chandigarh six decades ago, when India’s only planned city, a geometric dream of clean lines and modernist buildings designed in part by French architect Le Corbusier, was just taking shape. One day, using his access to city maps, Chand spotted...

  In ‘Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?’ Mindy Kaling shares stories about growing up as an Indian American. Her book, Twitter musings and ‘The Office’ role have brought her a following.   Share...

This no-frills documentary follows Sampat as she mediates on behalf of the desperate women who show up at her charity home—though “mediate” is perhaps too delicate a term for her strong-arm tactics. Each of the situations is, according to Sampat, “worse than the last”: a pregnant...

In 2004, I took my parents to see Bombay Dreams. I prefer dramas, but made an exception for this, the first Indian musical on Broadway. I was surprised at how moved I was when the performers came on stage in Indian-themed clothing against a backdrop of the Mumbai skyline. Growing up...

In a country with more than one billion residents and more than 100 million Internet users, when a song goes viral on the web in India it really gets noticed. That’s certainly the case with bizarre broken English / Tamil language song “Kolaveri Di” – translation “Killer Rage” –...

As a lifelong Beatles’ fan, George was one of the most important and influential pop culture figures of my life — however, as a person of East Indian descent, my view of ‘The Quiet Beatle’ is rather complicated. For better or worse, George Harrison inadvertently became the...

Subhash Chandra, chairman of Indian entertainment firm Zee Entertainment Enterprises and the Essel Group of Companies, is one of Forbes’ 20 wealthiest media moguls in the world. During a visit to New York, THR New York bureau chief Georg Szalai talked to him about his plans for wellness...