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Cate Blanchett's Indian Summer Gets Shelved

Cate Blanchett’s latest film project, Indian Summer, has been fighting an uphill battle. Now it appears that the movie has been shelved for the forseeable future by the struggling Universal....  read more

Kanye West Retreats to India for Ashram Rehab

Kanye West’s no-show at the BET awards and cancellation of his tour with Lady Gaga left all of us wondering what Mr. By-Himself-He-So-Impressed was up to. Well, turns out it’s not so much a “what” as it is a “where.” India, to be specific....  read more

Style Guide: A Passage to India

After Slumdog Millionaire’s triumph at the Oscars, it’s no surprise that Indian cultural influence has subsequently folded into America’s melting pot...  read more

Debashish Bhattacharya: Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide-Guitar Odyssey

A dip in the River Ganges with an Indian slide-guitar master
Anyone looking for a primer on authentic Indian raga—with its bendy, atmospheric slide guitars and gentle tabla beats—would be well served by the latest album from this award-winning master musician. On this, his follow-up to Calcutta Slide-Guitar, Vol. 3, Bhattacharya takes the listener on a tour of his home city, its mornings and its prayers through the sounds of a small slide ukulele, an Indian harp and an ancient one-stringed instrument called the ektara. A casual listener might write off this album as just more background music for meditation and...  read more