Check out the evolution of the Incredible !ndia campaign from 2002-2009.

Related: The Delhi office of Wieden & Kennedy

Jessica Simpson was in India filming for her new reality show “The Price of Beauty.” We were going to write something snarky about her going native but others did a better job.

She’s also sporting a bindi which is the final nail in the coffin for her country music career because there are two things you don’t do in that genre: Be a minority or look like a terrorist. Now, I know what you’re thinking: India had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11, and you’re absolutely right. However, you’re employing things like book smarts and facts which, according to southern law, means Alan Jackson has the right to throw copies of the King James at your face until you drink a two-liter of Mountain Dew. Them’s the rules.

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Fox TV’s musical-themed Glee has a character named Mr. Figgins played by Iqbal Theba who gets blackmailed for his Mumbai Air vascular embolism commercial.

Kunku (1937), Afsana (1966), Smuggler (1966), Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare (1966), Wardat (1981), Insaniyat (1955), Ram Balram (1980), Raaj Mahal (1982), Ziddi (1964), Jeet (1949), Pukar (1939), Sikandar (1941), Do Dil (1965)

At last! I have seen a film where I liked Biswajeet! He suits his role here perfectly, and the movie is good fun despite nothing really new story-wise. The music is wonderful, by Hemant Kumar, and it co-stars the lovely Rajshree, the ever-elegant Durga Khote, baby-faced Mumtaz and PRAN. It also illustrates the value of [...]

The teabaggers’ march last Saturday was infiltrated!

Mohammad Boota, a Ramadan drummer in Brooklyn, plays to wake Muslims before their daily fast.
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Indian policeman Daya Shankar Singh fixes his mustache in Allahabad, India, on Wednesday. He is paid $2 as allowance for his mustache from the office of the Allahabad Police Department’s Deputy Inspector General, according to Singh. [ via ]

Boston.com’s The Big Picture has a feature on recent Hindu festivals. The comments are almost as good as the photos.

Now, Hollywood is paying Bollywood a compliment of its own. Instead of ignoring the plagiarism, American moviemakers have begun suing their counterparts in India, a sure sign that this country’s booming, $2.2 billion-a-year film industry has arrived as a global player. [more]

Is the statute of limitations on Disco Dancer over?

Allegedly a Pakistani engineering student.

This is the interwebs so anything is possible.

In the exhibit “Now That the Trees Have Spoken,” the Pundole Art Gallery (369 Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road; 91-22-2284-1837; www.pundoleartgallery.in) is displaying the colorful work of the artists Bhuri Bai, Ladoo Bai, Ram Singh Urveti and Narmada Prasad Tekam. The nearby Chemould gallery (Queens Mansion, third floor, G. Talwatkar Marg; 91-22-2200-0211; www.gallerychemould.com) is showing the works of the celebrated painter Jangarh Singh Shyam and his family.

In addition to showcasing these artists, the exhibits raise an interesting debate: some resent the easy labeling of rural artists as” folk” or “tribal,” arguing that such categories pigeonhole artists and prevent them from getting the respect they deserve. [ more ]

Meh, we went through worse in boarding school back in India.

Technically not a real flashmob since it was a publicity student for IFC’s upcoming mini series Bollywood Hero.

A treasure trove of old pulp novels in Malayalam!

The dog days of summer have made us very tired. We’re going to pause for a while.

Here are some posters I just sent out to some *PMH believers!

If you haven’t gotten yours yet you should, order a poster or (3) three! 
SRK has his!

Hand silkscreen prints for ONLY !  I only screened a 100 of each.

Here are the details.

Asha    //    Fast Friends    //    Mumbai Smoke

Seen at The Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene, Brooklyn this weekend.