Fun, yes — if you’re in the spirit of the season, and your taste in humour runs to the slightly risqué. A Russell Peters Christmas plays a little like a Great White Northern take on A Colbert Christmas, but rougher ’round the edges. The moment when Peters skates onto the ice...
HBO Documentary: Pink Sarees
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...
All-American Muslim is Just TV, Folks
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...
Zee’s Subhash Chandra Eyes U.S. Growth
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...