In Bangalore, eating breakfast in a hotel garden, I was thrilled to see waiters carrying freshly-cooked omelettes onto the lawn and feeding them to wild kites. The chef told me this happens three times a day, every day. It was thrilling to watch a dozen huge birds of prey wheel down i...
The Drama School Mumbai conducts Open Day workshops in different cities from December to April every year. The purpose of Open Days is to create awareness about the school's Post Graduate Diploma in Acting and Theatre-making. The workshops are an opportunity to come and learn about the lives ...
A recent episode of No Reservations reflected on the beginning of Bourdain’s rise to fame. Bourdain initially gained critical acclaim with his scathing expose on the seedier side of the restaurant industry in the article titled Don’t Eat Before Reading This, published in The New Yorker1. The...
For more about the Foundation, please visit www.jazzandheritage.org. For more than 50 years, Jazz Fest has taken place at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots (est. 1872.) The legacy continues as the NOLA festival famously brings folks worldwide together to celebrate jazz in Louisiana!
”First Fleet”shows NASA’s Space Shuttle program as it grew from research and development into a commercial space program from 1981 to 1986. The inspiring views capture the scale of the endeavor and optimism about the promise of space travel. ...
The winner of the lip synching competition, nailed Whitney's Houston's I Will Always Love You and was gifted with a gorgeous Rainbow Crown that was created by artist Victor Mucio, 10 crowns were made and can be purchased to help support an organization that helps the trans community in ...
2. I heard this once on a kid from an episode of Teen Mom, so that association kind of sticks to me. Again, I doubt many people will think of that. I hate people hearing a name once and always mentioning how they think of it, as it happens a lot with my terrible name Gabby, ...
He also thinks that “condoms promise safe sex, but the safest sex is through faithfulness to one’s partner”. We have been down this road before. The debate on what is, or is not, “crudity”, and condoms versus fidelity will continue till the cows come home. Sensibilities vary ...
” (A. Ahmed, in Basham (ed) Cultural History of India). Political and psychological tensions between Pakistan’s Pashtun/Baloch tribal people and Punjabi/ Urdu elite continue to this day, even when many of the former have integrated into industries and vocations controlled by the latter. The...
Take it from me—there is nothing “in the air” in another country that will magically make you able to speak their language. I’ve done a lot of experiments to prove this (e.g. learning Arabic while living in Brazil). I’ve met countless expats who lived abroad foryearswithout learni...