New York relishes flavours of India
Image: The best of Indian culinary is being showcased at the South street Sea Port as part of the Incredible India@60 celebrations.
Riveting and colourful New York is getting a dash of spice this week as India treats the city of yellow cabs, teeming sidewalks and smoking manholes to Kathakali, Bhangra and Bharatanatyam combined with a tongue-tingling selection of Indian food.
New Yorkers are getting to sample for free, Indian handicrafts and handlooms, its folk and classical dances, bollywood and of course cuisine from the sub-continent as part of an extended celebration of the country's 60 years of independence from British rule on August 15, 1947.
The week-long event, called Incredible India@60, started on Sunday.
Image: Percussionist Anandan Sivamani performing at the Incredible India@60 concert.
Star percussionist Anandan Sivamani, who is known to create music out of strange objects like spoons, brass boards and suitcases, thrilled New Yorkers with his magic on September 24.
Touted as modern India's cultural ambassador, Sivamani, along with Remo Fernandes, Colonial Cousins, Louis Banks and Niladri, showcased the country's rich diversity on the musical front.
Image: Panel discussion on 'India 2050: A Grand Strategy For India Rising'
To share their imagination and vision of India in 2050, the likes of Historian Ramachandra Guha, Infosys Co-Chairman Nandani Nilekani and Roopa Purushothamam, director of Future Capital Research took part in a panel discussion, which was moderated by Yale University President Richard C Levin.
Also taking part in the dicusssion -- India 2050: A Grand Strategy For India Rising -- were Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs columnist with the The New York Times and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo.
The panel deliberated on what India must do to leverage its advantages to continue to meet its promise and how it could capitalise on its social and economic gains to more equitably address the disparities faced by its population.
They also sought to analyse the failures that prevent India from fulfilling its ambitions.
Image: The sand replica of the Taj on display at the Port Authority Bus Station.
It is not just India's culture and cuisine that is drawing New Yorkers' attention. A sand replica of the beautiful Taj Mahal -- one of the Seven Wonders of the World -- created by renowned sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik has been drawing large crowds in midtown Manhattan.
The replica of the Taj stands 10 feet tall on a 15 feet square base at the busy Port Authority Bus Station near Time Square.
Pattnaik has so far recreated the Taj in sand at as many as 36 places in India and abroad. Truly, a representation of " !ncredible !ndia ".
SOURCE: http://specials.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/26slide4.htm
Image: The best of Indian culinary is being showcased at the South street Sea Port as part of the Incredible India@60 celebrations.
Riveting and colourful New York is getting a dash of spice this week as India treats the city of yellow cabs, teeming sidewalks and smoking manholes to Kathakali, Bhangra and Bharatanatyam combined with a tongue-tingling selection of Indian food.
New Yorkers are getting to sample for free, Indian handicrafts and handlooms, its folk and classical dances, bollywood and of course cuisine from the sub-continent as part of an extended celebration of the country's 60 years of independence from British rule on August 15, 1947.
The week-long event, called Incredible India@60, started on Sunday.
Image: Percussionist Anandan Sivamani performing at the Incredible India@60 concert.
Star percussionist Anandan Sivamani, who is known to create music out of strange objects like spoons, brass boards and suitcases, thrilled New Yorkers with his magic on September 24.
Touted as modern India's cultural ambassador, Sivamani, along with Remo Fernandes, Colonial Cousins, Louis Banks and Niladri, showcased the country's rich diversity on the musical front.
Image: Panel discussion on 'India 2050: A Grand Strategy For India Rising'
To share their imagination and vision of India in 2050, the likes of Historian Ramachandra Guha, Infosys Co-Chairman Nandani Nilekani and Roopa Purushothamam, director of Future Capital Research took part in a panel discussion, which was moderated by Yale University President Richard C Levin.
Also taking part in the dicusssion -- India 2050: A Grand Strategy For India Rising -- were Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs columnist with the The New York Times and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo.
The panel deliberated on what India must do to leverage its advantages to continue to meet its promise and how it could capitalise on its social and economic gains to more equitably address the disparities faced by its population.
They also sought to analyse the failures that prevent India from fulfilling its ambitions.
Image: The sand replica of the Taj on display at the Port Authority Bus Station.
It is not just India's culture and cuisine that is drawing New Yorkers' attention. A sand replica of the beautiful Taj Mahal -- one of the Seven Wonders of the World -- created by renowned sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik has been drawing large crowds in midtown Manhattan.
The replica of the Taj stands 10 feet tall on a 15 feet square base at the busy Port Authority Bus Station near Time Square.
Pattnaik has so far recreated the Taj in sand at as many as 36 places in India and abroad. Truly, a representation of " !ncredible !ndia ".
SOURCE: http://specials.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/26slide4.htm