Recently, I made a trip to Europe and had business meetings in a small town outside of Cologne, Germany called Euskirchen. Arriving on a Sunday afternoon for all day meetings on Monday and Tuesday, I had a few hours where I could stroll through the city center and observe the city sites and local residents. [...]
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Stumbling upon local culture in Euskirchen, Germany
Posted in Entertainment, Travel, tagged children's concert, Euskirchen, Germany, Shakira Africa on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
100 Things to Watch for in 2011
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Internet, Lifestyle, Pop Culture, Technology, tagged Internet Trends in 2011, JWT Intelligence 100 Things to Watch in 2011, Technology Trends in 2011, Tube Free Toilet Paper on January 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
JWT Intelligence has put together a fascinating list of 100 Things to Watch in 2011. Spanning technology, fashion, pop culture, sports, film, environment, it is a pretty comprehensive list, but slanted towards technology related trends. Slide 9 in the Slideshare presentation below lists all 100 items and each subsequent slide provides specific commentary on each [...]
My favorite Broadway and Theatre Shows
Posted in Entertainment, tagged Donna Murphy, Favorite Broadway Musicals, Favorite Theatre Shows, In the Heights, Wicked, Wonderful Town on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past week, my wife and I watched the musical In the Heights in San Francisco. A Broadway production, In the Heights, won four Tony Awards in 2008, including Best Musical. A very enjoyable performance—it made me think where it stacked up amongst the various theatre performances I’ve seen over the years around the world. [...]
My review of 3 Idiots
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged 3 Idiots, 3 Idiots at AMC Mercado Santa Clara, 3 Idiots compared to Dead Poet's Society, Aamir Khan, Maulik Pancholy, Omi Vaidya, Pragna Desai on January 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Recently, I watched the much talked about Bollywood movie 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan. This movie has been getting so much acclaim and buzz, that it was showing in one of the AMC Mercado 20 screens mainstream theater in Santa Clara, right next to the mega hit Avatar. Of course, in the Bay Area, California, [...]
How a Conductor leads- aTEDtalk by noted conductor Itay Talgam
Posted in Entertainment, Music, tagged How Conductors Lead, Itay Talgam, Itay Talgam TEDtalk, Mitchell Sardou Klein, Peninsula Symphony, Red Violin on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since my wife joined the Peninsula Symphony in the Bay Area this past year as a violinist, I’ve had the good fortune to attend several of their performances. They really put on some fantastic performances, here’s their schedule for 2010 which includes performances with Taylor Eigsti playing Gershwin, a performance with the legendary Red Violin [...]
My review of Avatar
Posted in Entertainment, Pop Culture, tagged Avatar, Avatar the Movie, Glyder Glu Mobile, James Cameron on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like many others, this weekend I watched the blockbuster movie Avatar with family. I had high expectations going in as relatives and friends who had already seen the movie had rave reviews, a must see. Here’s what I thought about the movie overall, what I liked and didn’t like.
Shantaram and The White Tiger: A stark contrast
Posted in Book Review, Entertainment, India, tagged Aravind Adiga, Comparison Shantaram and The White Tiger, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram, The White Tiger on September 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Two recent fiction books set in and depicting life in India that have become internationally acclaimed are Shantaram and The White Tiger. Shantaram, written by Gregory David Roberts, is a semi-autobiographical fiction book based upon some of Roberts’ real life experiences as a fugitive from an Australian prison who flees to Bombay in the 80’s [...]
The Making of the Mahatma
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Gandhi, Gandhi in South Africa, The Making of the Mahatma on August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tonight, I watched the movie, The Making of the Mahatma. While the movie was released in 1996, thirteen years later I’ve finally gotten the chance to watch it. This movie is completely focused on Gandhi’s 21 year stay in South Africa from 1893-1914, from ages 23 to 45. It is here where he begun his [...]
The Amazing Sichuan Opera Face Changing Routine
Posted in China, Entertainment, Travel, tagged Amazing Face Changing, China, Face Changing, Lao Tse teahouse Beijing, Mask Changing, Sichuan Opera on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just came back from a week long business trip to Beijing, China. One of the most memorable events of the trip was a variety show at a Beijing teahouse called Lao Tse teahouse climaxing with an exceptional face changing routine typical of the Sichuan Opera. With remarkable slight of hand, the performer will change [...]
Sonu Nigam, Desi Girl and the Moonwalk in the Bay Area
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Desi Girl, Moonwalk, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday evening August 8, I attended a concert called Explosion 2009 in Oakland, California which featured popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam. Also included in the show were rising female singer Sunidhi Chauhan, rap group Hard Kaur, and a bhangra competition featuring California bhangra teams (primarily teenagers and twenty-somethings). I thoroughly enjoyed the show—some of [...]
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