New York, N.Y. Today Asia Society announced the appointment of Josette Sheeran, the Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum, as the seventh president and CEO of the institution. Ms. Sheeran will assume the office on June 10. “Josette Sheeran is a proven executive with a long and successful record of global leadership, and far-reaching [...]
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Eleventh Annual New York Indian Film Festival Triumphant!
New York, NY. I enjoyed this year’s Indian Film Festival so much! Opening Night I saw the Disney-backed film Do Dooni Chaar, directed by Habib Faisal, then Iti Mrinalini, directed by the talented Aparna Sen, and finally the Tagore novel set to film, Nauka Dubi, directed by Rituparno Ghosh. And I am pleased to announce [...]
Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC’s Indo-American Arts Council
New York, N.Y. Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half her life. Her vision is to make Indian culture accessible to Americans across a broad spectrum, encompassing film, music, dance, theater, fine arts, sculpture – any medium in which the Indian [...]
Indo-American Arts Council Feeds American Mind with Sub-Continental Culture
New York, N.Y. The IAAC supports all the artistic disciplines in classical, fusion, folk, and innovative forms influenced by the arts of India. They work cooperatively with their colleagues around North America to broaden their collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources, and funding. Their focus is to help artists and [...]
International Exchange Programs Are Life-Altering
New York, N.Y. As I travel the world, meeting global leaders, I am struck by how many of them were international exchange students in their youth. Studying abroad and living with a local family is the best way for young Americans to broaden their horizons. They certainly need it. AFS. The worst part of [...]
Asia Society’s President on Global Citizens Like Barack Obama
New York, N.Y. “As Americans, we have the unfortunate idea that we should and need to learn more about the world, but it’s not a priority. “We get to it when we can, which is seldom,” said Dr. Vishakha Desai, president of the Asia Society. So began an interview with a brilliant woman who [...]
Thought Leader and Global Citizen, India’s Filmmaker Mira Nair
New York, N.Y. I braved freezing weather recently to hear Mira Nair speak at the President’s Forum at the Upper East Side’s Asia Society (video). It crossed my mind that I could write a story on her work. I failed to grasp her work – as both a humanitarian and a filmmaker – was so vast it [...]
