Magic in Massachusetts: MITHAS hosts a flute duet by maestros Rakesh Chaurasia and Shashank Subramanyam accompanied by Parupalli Phalgun and Anubrata Chatterjee.

By Kavita A Chhibber and Ajit Acharya Music is the biggest healer.  On Saturday, May 3rd Ajit and I headed to MIT in Cambridge to watch four stellar artists perform Indian classical music – a bansuri (bamboo flute) duet between two dynamic performers of the Read More …

Taha Shah Badussha: “It is really not about giving up. It is about giving up and then getting back up again.”

An Exclusive Interview By Kavita A Chhibber Kavita’s note: When the eminent director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web series “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar” made its debut on Netflix, I was expecting to be wowed by what he is most famous for – magnificent sets, beautiful music, Read More …

“Paro”: The impact of films and social media to create change.

By Kavita A Chhibber Paro, a compelling film on bride slavery, came to Massachusetts in March and continues to win hearts and make minds think. After the sold-out private screening on March 9th at Apple Cinema in Cambridge and a very successful screening at the Read More …

The Ranveer Allahbadia and Samay Raina incident: We are all works in progress.

My introduction to Ranveer Allahbadia’s channel only happened because he interviewed three people I love and respect and consider good friends – Kapil Dev, Sonu Nigam and Vikas Khanna. Kapil did not want to do the interview, and I could see the reluctance in the Read More …