Indian Culture

Having wrapped up our countdown of actresses yesterday, I’m now jumping straight into our list of Top 5 Actors in Indian Cinema.  And on a more personal note, I’ve recently joined some on-line Bollywood fan groups and started following the lates

Indian Cinema Series Who out there hasn’t tried at least once ‘googling’ their own name? Well, if Katrina Kaif has, she would only be one of thousands, perhaps millions, to have entered her name in that search box–the actress, who is No. 1 on o

Indian Cinema Series We’ve found Priyanka Chopra’s Twitter account – and the ‘Diplomat_APAC’ is now one of her 80,000-plus followers. Indeed, the Indian actress, who is No. 2 on our Top 5 Indian Actresses countdown, has piqued my interest enough to h

India Cinema SeriesPersonally, I don’t think Kareena Kapoor’s nickname, Bebo, suits her. But my opinion doesn’t really count for much considering the Indian media and fans alike have embraced everything about Kapoor (including her moniker, which was

Indian Cinema Series The international media often refers to her as the most beautiful woman in the world, and she even has had a variety of tulip named after her in honour of her beauty. But Aishwarya Rai says: ‘All this is transient. I mean.you kno

Indian Cinema Series  As promised yesterday, here’s the first in our Indian cinema spotlight series. I’m starting off with a countdown of some of the country’s most beautiful and talented leading ladies, based on the latest buzz. Our pick for to

Indian Cinema SeriesThis spring, I met with Vikas Swarup, the charming Indian author and diplomat whose book Q&A hit movie Slumdog Millionaire was based on. The huge success of that film had many heads turning in India’s direction this year, but