Happily Unmarried Ever After

NYC ‘IT’ girls and cool boys were out in full force this past Friday night, to help those fabulous rockstars of footwear celebrate the launch of the Shane & Shawn ‘Artist Series’...

A light-hearted competition such as ‘American Idol’ or ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ acquires a whole new dimension in a country where it is against Taliban laws to sing or dance...

Sunday, June 21st is fast approaching as the day when we’ll get to celebrate the great men in our lives. Although the holiday is officially named Father’s Day, I personally try to pay tribute to all the wonderful men who have mentored and inspired me...

When members of the press were treated to an afternoon screening of ‘Little Zizou’ this past November in NYC, surrounded by my distinguished colleagues I knew I was experiencing magical history in the making...

Zoya Akhtar’s film ‘Luck By Chance’ was hailed as the “best debut of the last decade” by film critics and movie enthusiasts alike. The Museum of Modern Art in NYC has chosen to showcase it as part of their upcoming film exhibit ‘The New India’...

Coming across Mas Vidal — during one of his informative seminars on the benefits of combining the ancient sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda for a complete body and soul makeover, or in his Yoga classes at Dancing Shiva in LA — is like taking in a giant breath full of crisp, fresh Himalayan air...

If you live on the East Coast of the US — or can find a reason to travel to New York soon — and are looking for a great place to spend this upcoming Memorial Weekend with friends or your special someone, look no further than Long Branch, on the Jersey Shore! Pier Village is [

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I always find it great cause for celebration to pay homage to the woman responsible for bringing me into this world...

To most of us, Dr. Sanjay Gupta is recognizable as the trusted neurosurgeon on CNN who comes into our living rooms as the news channel’s medical expert in times of Swine Flu fears — to reassure — on occasions of Hurricane Katrina emergencies — to explain — and can even give viewers a ti

The 2009 edition of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angelesheld at the Hollywood ArcLight Cinema has come to a close...

With the resounding success of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ the world appears to have turned its gaze to the orient...

Life can give us some incredibly magical moments. For me, one such instant — lasting nearly three hours...

There is only one thing I love more than a fashion show and that is watching a bridal fashion show...

The city of Bombay has always stood for beautifully exotic women, gorgeous men of golden complexions and the glitz and glamour of Bollywood films...

Yes indeed! Barbie’s not only gone and gotten all grown up on us, but now she is celebrating her 50th birthday around the world, in style! On Friday afternoon, the Barbie show kicked off Lakme Fashion Week in my beloved city of Bombay and the event was a runaway success...

New York Fashion Week is long gone and along with it, all the divine fashionistas, the life-sized Barbies, the Tents at Bryant Park and the Red Dresses. But in my memory, the Mara Hoffman Fall ‘09 show plays on...

This coming weekend, New Yorkers will be counting their lucky stars. Wondering why that is...

Indeed. Because Daryl K is the original rocker chick designer, the hip girl’s best friend. Truly. For as long as I can remember being in NYC, I can remember Daryl K as a fashion icon, a stylist’s favorite and a dominant presence in the most cutting-edge shops...

So Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week went and saved the best for last! After a week-long fashion marathon of designers showing their prowess at one-upping each other for the most inventive and wearable Fall ‘09 line out there, I saw the most wonderful show of the season...

Hervé Léger has always been a status symbol for confident, sexy women, at least as long as fashionistas can remember the small, yet successful French label...

Where Geren Ford is always best as a line is with the classics, offering the very basic elements of glamour that every woman needs, yet updated and cool. And this collection is yet another winning effort to prove it. With Fall 2009, designer Geren Lockheart has come back to her own NYC roots...

The Fall ‘09 Nicholas K collection is exactly what any recession-weary woman - or man - might need during these less-than-bright times. The line was full of that wonderful, easy style that feels good to wear and looks simply fabulous on most figures...

Venexiana is always a crowd favourite at NY Fashion Week. And that’s understandable since the show is a culmination of all the glamour, excitement and entertainment which one naturally associates with this fashion event. Moreover, Ms...

The atmosphere backstage at Loris Diran on Thursday afternoon was electrifying. One could never have guessed that the marathon of Fashion Week at the Tents hadn’t officially started yet. Mr. Diran’s brilliantly meticulous preparations were down to the finger-gloves details...

The excitement in the air on Friday afternoon was infectious. Celebrity brand-fans such as Joy Lauren, Amanda Bynes and Solange Knowles mingled and lingered on the runway while photographers went crazy trying to capture it all...

What is greater than the sight of a great, big, dark, shining and new BMW 7 Series parked right in the middle of a Chelsea loft? Well, the sight of such a beautiful car surrounded by all of NYC’s glamour and fashion elite, with a great big share of gorgeous celebrities added to the mix. [..

There is always one word that comes to my mind when I think of Indian director Anurag Kashyap: TRENDSETTER. His films are guaranteed to be way ahead of their time, look-wise as well as in the subjects he touches upon and the messages behind his stories...

Will hard work and a blind belief in one’s inner strength and talent always pay off in the end? Does success always have to come at a price, that of alienating one’s friends and destroying delicate bonds with one’s lover...