Culture

Culture is the most mysterious, organic and free of any aspect of U.S.-India relations.  Governments and business leaders cannot hope to initiate or stop cultural phenomena from occurring anywhere in the world.   This is one area where the elites are simply out of the way.  Common people and often, youth are responsible for the cultural imports and exports that make America and India what they are today.  Those could include yoga in L.A., the Hare Krishna movement in New York, red dots on American pop divas’ foreheads, blue jeans in Bangalore pubs, cheerleaders in Chennai, or new hybrid creations such as Jay-Z collaborating with Punjabi MC.  Cultural trends are both interesting and useful to know about but as a media site we can only hope to keep up.  We do our best to capture the spirit of the times on this page.

Ind0-American Wins $30 million jackpot  Link, October 27, 2012

From India, Trying to find a US College that Feels Right Sush Krishnamoorthy, NYT India Ink, October 18, 2012

Priyanka Chopra to Sing for NFL Thursday Night Kickoff   Lisa Tsering, IndiaWest, September 4, 2012

Meet Playboy’s First Indian Model  R.M. Vijayaker, IndiaWest, August 13, 2012

Tragedy in the Temple  usindiamonitor, August 13, 2012

US Sikhs Plan ‘Roti Roll Rangars’ to Mark Olympic Torch Run by Fauja Singh  Yudvir Rana, Times of India, July 12, 2012

This Picture is Worth a Million Words in Six Languages  usindiamonitor, June 27, 2012

Indian-American Wins US National Spelling Bee (Again) AP, June 1, 2012

Review: Arjun The Warrior Prince Artfully Straddles Grownup Themes and Disney Sugar  Peter Gutierrez, May 25, 2012

At New York’s Indian Film Festival, a Focus on Youth  Shivani Vora, New York Times, May 24, 2012

US Brewer Sorry, Says it’s Renaming Kali-Ma Beer Arun Kumar, IANS, May 15, 2012

World’s 20 Most Powerful Moms Jenna Gaudreau, Forbes, May 10, 2012

‘The Avengers’ & India: Critics Say Kolkata Scenes are Disturbing, Disrespectful Kia Makarechi, Huffington Post, May 7, 2012

The Avengers Beats Tezz at Indian Box Office  Shekhar, One India Entertainment, May 2, 2012

Interview with Bollywood Actor Prashaant Kumar… of New York by usindiamonitor, May 2, 2012

South Asian A Capella Groups Fuse Bollywood and Pop  Ankita Rao, NYT India Ink blog, May 1, 2012

Top MMA Fighters Confirm for SFL-3  Ruhi Batra, Times of India, April 26, 2012

How India Became America Akash Kapur, New York Times Sunday, March 9, 2012

Yoga and Sex Scandals: No Surprise Here William J. Broad, New York Times, February 27, 2012