Arthur J Pais In Toronto

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'Almost every song seems inspired today'
Rediff.com16 Feb 2022

'I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.'

God, math, and Ramanujan's fascinating story
Rediff.com22 Dec 2016

December 22 marks the 129th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the greatest...

Diwali kitchen: Top Indian-American chefs share their fav recipes
Rediff.com10 Nov 2015

Have you tasted Besan ke ladoo cookies?

'A woman of her times and yet someone belonging to Gandhiji's era'
Rediff.com16 Oct 2015

'Asked which Dilip Kumar films were among her favourites, she said she had seen not a...

My Aunt Smita Patil
Rediff.com14 Oct 2015

Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us...

'Modi's requirements were simple: The meal had to be pure veg'
Rediff.com12 Oct 2015

'The main meal consisted of one soup, a salad, 2 or 3 vegetarian dishes (including at...

'I wanted the Marigold Hotel films to give very strong sense of India'
Rediff.com19 Mar 2015

Arthur J Pais interviews John Madden, director of the Marigold Hotel films, on the...

When Roshan met Mary
Rediff.com23 Dec 2014

Indian actors from different generations and worlds, Roshan Seth and Sendhil...

PK set to be highest grossing film overseas?
Rediff.com22 Dec 2014

The film has already grossed $26 million from 22 territories, including India.

A path to emerge from the shadows
Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

US President Barack Obama's plan to shield up to 4.7 million undocumented immigrants...

Being undocumented in the United States
Rediff.com16 Dec 2014

There are 2.5 lakh undocumented Indians across the United States. While President...

Why 18-year-old Tabbu is an inspiration
Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

'Now when I walk down the street people point me out to their daughters and say,...

'Would Mira Nair make a Missouri Masala now?'
Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

Civil rights activist Deepa Iyer, former executive director, South Asian Americans...

In a mob fury, anything can happen: Indian shopkeepers in Ferguson
Rediff.com11 Dec 2014

Indians in and around Ferguson, Missouri, tell Arthur J Pais and Suman Guha Mozumder...

Indians target of home invasions in New Jersey
Rediff.com3 Dec 2014

Residents anxious after masked gunmen break into 4 desi homes in New Jersey, many...

The beautiful story of Lady Ganga
Rediff.com25 Nov 2014

With her final act, paddleboarding from Rishikesh to Varanasi during the last months of...

4 Indians among Rhodes scholars this year
Rediff.com24 Nov 2014

The scholars are awarded for their outstanding scholarly achievements, character,...

Happy Ending goes to New York
Rediff.com20 Nov 2014

Indian and Pakistani movies, now in New York theatres!

Why Aasif Mandvi learnt to 'patank'
Rediff.com4 Nov 2014

It was an art, says Mandvi, that all Indian-American actors had to cultivate.

Remember Shabana Azmi and Farooque Sheikh's Tumhari Amrita?
Rediff.com20 Oct 2014

Just two actors on stage capturing love, jealousy, possessiveness, class issues and...