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Slumdog Millionaire. Oscars. Call-in radio show. Me.

oh hai. i iz in ur webcast, reppin ur mutiny:

On Sunday, Feb. 22, as soon as the Best Picture Oscar is announced, join SAJA... on BlogTalkRadio for a live two-hour webcast and call-in show about "Slumdog Millionaire."

• Film experts, journalists and others¹ will discuss the phenomenon that the movie has become and why - no matter how it does at the Oscars - it will be talked about for years to come.
  
  
• We will look at every aspect of the film - its origin as Vikas Swarup's novel; how it almost never made it to the screen; the reviews around the world; its Golden Globe and BAFTA success; how it was marketed and promoted in ways never seen before; the controversies surrounding it and much, much more.
  
  
• We will also have live reports from the post-Oscar parties in various cities, including the official Fox Searchlight party for "Slumdog" cast and crew in Hollywood as well as live reaction from Mumbai.

Sunday, Feb 22, 11:30 pm-1:30 am New York time
8:30 pm-10:30 pm Hollywood time
Monday, 10 am-noon Bollywood time
(see local time around the world: http://snurl.com/ca2x0)

Listen live, or later to a recording:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2009/02/23/Slumdog-Millionaire-Post-Oscar
(you can set an e-mail reminder for yourself at that link)
Or call-in live (or just listen) at +1-347-324-5991  [::]

What?  You don't speak LOL?  Fine.  I shall translate. Sree-chetta (of SAJA-fame) asked if I'd like to be part of a two-hour, post-Oscar show about Slumdog Millionaire, the most loved/loathed brown movie EVAR. We'll be examining all of it, from it's book-y origins to why people froth at the mouth as soon as it's mentioned. 

I'm going to live-blog the red carpet/ceremony for SM, so it's going to be one looooong night.

Have I mentioned that I'm just barely recovered from my cold, and that at any given moment, my voice might give out OR I might sound like a drunken frog?  Laissez les bon temps roulez.  And if you have thoughts you'd like to share about that other SM, the film (hey! we were here first!), feel free to leave them in the comments below.

¹That would be me, y'all.

this might end badly...

 

I've been craving chapathi, and while Panda has been sweet enough to grab take-out from Amma, it's just not the same as the softer, buttery perfection my moms makes like it ain't no thang.

When I was younger and more useful, I made it (dough and all) by myself a few times, but mostly I was called upon to assist my father by adding water (as needed) to the atta, salt and oil which he was mixing, hours in advance of dinner...or to flip what was in the cast-iron pan as moms rolled out more. So I'm not totally unaware of how it all works.

Still, that doesn't mean that I have any confidence in what might emerge from that deceptively-correct-looking dough in the steel bowl there...I'll keep you posted.

Greatest line in a browndatingdotcom profile, EVER!

Despite being Harvard-educated and coming from an Ivy-league family, I'm still very down to earth and proud of my humble immigrant roots.

Genius such as THIS, ladies and germs, might explain why I am the single. I mean...MIT and Cal are sooo much hawter than Harvard.  DUH.  :D  Do you SEE what a girl has to surf through, all in the name of...um...research?

Yummy in your Tummy, Charity in your Heart

Blog Quake day came and went, but so much more still needs to be don(at)e(d). 

I was startled out of my morning cup of Kona when I realised that Mushie of Pakistan was on NBC's Today show.  When Ann Curry asked him how much more help his country needs; his answer was measured in the Billions.

My cousin Lisa (yup, she of fellow fotolog fame) sent me a forward with an easy way people in DC can pitch in TOMORROW:

BEN & JERRY's in Dupont Circle has graciously agreed to donate 25 % of your tab towards the South Asia Earthquake Relief Effort.  The money will go directly to the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA).  Please mention the cause when you purchase your ice cream.

An estimated 70,000-80,000 people have been killed and 2.7 million left homeless in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan, Kashmir and India on October 8th.  With the harsh Himalayan winter rapidly approaching, death tolls are expected to double.

You CAN make a difference. Your contribution will be used on the ground in Pakistan to assist doctors and nurses treat the injured and prevent the spread of disease.

When: Wednesday, November 16th, 7:30-8:30p

Where: Ben & Jerry's, 1333 19th Street NW

here you go, my dancing queen

writing is GOOD for you. do some TOMORROW, why don't you?

tomorrow at this time, it will be all over.  if you have nothing important to do, you should come to the brown writing workshop i'm hosting in the morg.  it's always far more fun than you'd possibly think it could be, trust me.

here's the deets:

June 25, from 3-5pm

Tryst
2459 18th Street NW .
Washington, DC 20009
202-232-5500

Closest Metro: Red line, Woodley Park/Zoo

This

Download HuberSureThingv2.doc

is the story we'll be discussing.  see?  you don't even need to go hunting for it, i posted it right herre.  i'll draw the line at wiping your butt though, just so you know...

truth *hurts* ;)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"i don't really like sepia mutiny.  it's too...scattered.  it's like channel-surfing with the remote; you're scanning everything with a cursory eye, getting a  bit of this and a bit of that, but actually, not much of anything.  i don't know.  i just don't like it.  it's all over the place.  i don't read it."

~"Shreds" at my brown writing workshop on Sunday.  

:+:

no, i didn't hurt him, even though he dissed my baby.  :)

BROWN WRITING WORKSHOP-- Sunday the 24th

ONE

SPOT

LEFT!

i.e., rsvp NOW.  :)

hey all you Jhumpa and Salman-wannabes...

writing workshop next SUNDAY. 

the 24th.  late afternoon.  kahani's most professional writer (and most caustic blogger) will be reading from the short story he just uploaded, so yes, it's a REAL workshop boys and girls. 

here's the important fine print: i have to provide building security w/a list of attendees and we're closing the workshop at 12, so RSVPing is highly advised.  considering the fact that the two people who are reading + me = three and a few other people have already said they're coming...well, that means we're already half-full.

so, if you want to be all inspired, creative and artistic-like, get on that shit and reserve your spot ASAP.  i've got the cure for what ails you (ahem, law students).

:)

jenny from the bengali block?

so random...

i was on SFGate's home page and i saw the featured personal of the day...some brunette.  her picture isn't what kidnapped my eye, her quote was;

Celebrity I resemble most

Jennifer Lopez. I am not aware of celebrities that are Asian-Indian. hmmm.  okay.  why not kristin kreuk?