Some personal thoughts about Michael Jackson
July 3, 2009 | in East meets West, Guest Columnist | Leave a Comment
By Kimberly Aislinn Badgett
The death of Michael has incurred sharply divided reactions from many, including markedly unkind. I in particular wish people would stop saying hateful things about him. The man is dead, and you, nor I, nor anyone today is his appointed judge. He gave the world everything he had and we thanked him [...]
Kambakht ishq —- Released world wide
July 3, 2009 | in East meets West, MOVIES | Leave a Comment
Kambakht ishq features some of Hollywood’s biggies like Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards, It also includes some of the Bollywood’s hot tie like Kareena Kapur and our all rounder macho star Akshay Kumar. With such heavy bunch of talent but obviously the film is landing itself in the category of big budget films, [...]
Mumbai on a Global Map- the Mumbai bridge
July 2, 2009 | in East meets West | Leave a Comment
Mumbaikars are very proud with this modern bridge coming up in their city. The bridge will have a better connectivity and will also give relief to the hard pressed commuters.A 5.7 km bridge over the Arabian Sea connectingthe northern suburb of Bandra with Worli in central Mumbai achieved a milestone recently,with the linking of the [...]
Angels and Demons (Illuminati)
July 2, 2009 | in MOVIES | Leave a Comment
By Maya Williams
This is a film sequel of “Da Vinci Code” directed again by Ron Howard and the screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, based on the homonymous book “Angels and Demons” which became also known with the title “Illuminati written by Dan Brown. The film is a coproduction of Sony and Columbia Pictures. Tom Hanks will once again [...]
RIP Michael Jackson - Stars never stop shining!
July 1, 2009 | in East meets West, Guest Columnist | 1 Comment
By Maya Williams
Great loss to the world of music as the singer and king of Pop, Michael Jackson, died after a cardiac episode, on Thursday evening …The child star who became a King of Pop, but whose musical genius was overshadowed by scandals involving a strange way of life and sexual preferences, died on Thursday. [...]
Indian law at last accepted Gay community
June 29, 2009 | in East meets West | Leave a Comment
Indian gov. has finally given long due rights to gays to express their love and marry with full respect. The rejoice can be seen on Delhi roads as marches and camps are taking place. Famous celebrity like Celina Jaitely, Rohit bal are also very much part of the celeberations here.
Gay rights activists in India and [...]
Pop Culture Icons Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
June 28, 2009 | in Guest Columnist | Leave a Comment
By Jennifer Akers
In one day, the world lost two pop culture icons: Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. Though the two celebrities were loved for different reasons, they were an important part of social fabric of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
The sexy TV actress, Farrah Fawcett lost her fight with cancer at age 62. Given the rare [...]
What killed Michael Jackson
June 28, 2009 | in East meets West | 1 Comment
Drugs
The deadly cocktail of drugs, which apparently killed King of Pop Michael Jackson, has been revealed. The name of the painkillers emerged after police probing an injection, which apparently caused a cardiac arrest to the legendary star, talked to a doctor about the details. And the doctor has revealed that Jacko, 50, was taking up [...]
Dian Sastrowardoyo
June 26, 2009 | in East meets West | Leave a Comment
By Sri Purna Widari
Dian Sastrowardoyo is a movie actress who won a lot of awards in Indonesia. Dian Sastrowardoyo is a gorgeous young Indonesian actress who started her career by participating in model competition in one of the most reputable teen magazines. She won it and this achievement led her to have a lot of [...]
“Rakhi Ka Swayamvar” - part 2
June 26, 2009 | in East meets West | 1 Comment
The final countdown has began and ”Rakhi Ka Swayamvar” show on NDTV is all set to grab the world wide attention. The show for sure is going to have the highest TRP’s in the coming months and the rest of the shows are going to take a back seat on the IndianTelevision.This show for sure will create [...]
“Rakhi Ka Swayamvar” - part-1
June 25, 2009 | in East meets West | 1 Comment
The wait is finally over. From Monday, June 29th, NDTV Imagine will play host to bride-to-be Rakhi Sawant and 1 groom out of 16 potential grooms will be selected and the entire show will be on air from Monday to Friday at 9.00pm only on NDTV Imagine.
Rakhi Sawant, the bride-to-be is eagerly looking forward to [...]
The Proposal : the movie review
June 24, 2009 | in East meets West, Guest Columnist | Leave a Comment
by Sri Purna Widari
Sandra Bullock has proven to the world that she is still the most hilarious actress in Hollywood. With her co-star Ryan Reynolds, this movie is very entertaining yet touchjes my heart deeply. It starts with Margareth, a Canadian editor with class but super vexatious, anti social and heartless woman in New York city. She [...]
Star Trek : the movie review
June 23, 2009 | in East meets West | Leave a Comment
JJ Abrams transfers the legendary Star Trek to the big screen.
The film starts somewhat unorthodox: while addressed primarily to the TV series fans, story is got from the beginning, from Kirks birth and the insurgency of Spock, to reach the first major battle between them which is the beginning of their famous friendship, leading them to [...]
New York the movie : India
June 23, 2009 | in East meets West | 1 Comment
New York brings to screen an event that reverberated universally. It touches the lives of three friends – Maya (Katrina Kaif), Sameer (John Abraham) and Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh) – leading a carefree life in New York. The catastrophic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 is the ugly twist in the tale [...]
Bollywood release NEW-YORK
June 22, 2009 | in East meets West | Leave a Comment
NEW YORK is a story of 3 young friends, whose beautiful lives are turned upside down by a larger events which was beyond their control. For most of us, larger events in the world are just headlines in the newspapers and some juicy and pulpy news items for the TV channels but these events can [...]
PAYING GUESTS: the movie
June 22, 2009 | in East meets West | 1 Comment
What happens when four young, fun loving boys [Shreyas Talpade, Jaaved Jaffrey, Ashish Chowdhary and Vatsal Sheth] begin a crazy house hunt which takes them through a series of ultra comical hurdles in a bid to find that one roof that can tolerate and shelter their combined problems? Shreyas Talpade , Ashish Choudhary and Javed [...]
Heart of a Soul Surfer
June 21, 2009 | in East meets West, Guest Columnist | 4 Comments
By Susan Stackpole
Bethany Meilani Hamilton, born in Kauai, HI on 8 February 1990, would go on to inspire thousands of people in her young life. Bethany’s entire family are surfers, and she learned quickly, at age eight winning the “push and ride” division of a Quicksilver surfing competition. She went on to take [...]
-
About Me
Welcome. I am Ragini Goyal. I live all over the globe with my husband and very cute sons.
Weekly newsletter
Guest Column
Indian Headlines
Recently Written
- Some personal thoughts about Michael Jackson
- Kambakht ishq —- Released world wide
- Mumbai on a Global Map- the Mumbai bridge
- Angels and Demons (Illuminati)
- RIP Michael Jackson - Stars never stop shining!
- Indian law at last accepted Gay community
- Pop Culture Icons Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
- Insight into Decision Making
- What killed Michael Jackson
- British Airways and Racism