Bollywood Movie Review: “Aaja Nachle”

Sometimes it’s fun to see a Bollywood film… especially something like Aaja Nachle.  It’s modern, fun, colorful, and has some unusual  topics (for Bollywood at least).  Anyone familiar with movies like Strictly Ballroom, Dance with Me, and Chocolat will like this film.  Madhuri Dixit (the star with the BIG smile) is even more gorgeous and fit than in [...]

The Complete Jane Austen on PBS: “Sense & Sensibility” (Part 2)

I didn’t write much before (re: Part 1), so here goes… 
This was a VERY good adaptation of S&S, BUT it didn’t blow me away like Jane Eyre (2006) or North and South.  The music was very tasteful, and the locations were cool (very much “out of the box thinking” from the production team).  I felt that [...]

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a Bengali Indian writer who came to the US a young lady for grad studies.  She didn’t grow up wanting to become a writer, I was surprised to learn.   She is now a professor of Creative Writing at the University of Houston, a wife, and mother of two sons.  She is [...]