I'm oddly intrigued by the latest big Bollywood release about a rock band that almost makes it big in India, breaks up, and reunites 10 years later...

Quoted: The film revolves around 4 young boys who put together the greatest band this country had ever seen but never make it. Ten years hence fate conspires to bring them together again and set them on a journey back to where they left off. A soul searching pilgrimage into their past.

Great piece from the NY Times about how economic liberalization could help India break free from the caste system.

Quoted: Chandra Bhan Prasad’s argues that India’s economic liberalization is about to destroy the caste system.

LOL - classic Bollywood move. Bet they're not used to actually getting sued, though.

Quoted: Bollywood producers set to release a film called "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors" are working to fend off a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. that claims the movie title hews too closely to their mega-famous Harry Potter franchise.

Looks like India's going to wrap up the Olympics with 3 medals - not bad!

Quoted: Indian middleweight Vijender Kumar loses his semi-final bout but picks up bronze - India's first Olympic boxing medal.

A thoughtful commentary on the meaning of India's independence day (which is today)...

Quoted: Indian best selling author Chetan Bhagat on his thoughts on India's 61st Independence Day.

So sad...

Quoted: Pilgrims, many of them children, were trampled on a hillside in northern India after rumors of a landslide fueled a stampede.

I'm not sure that it's entirely about reforms. I don't think India's economy is diversified enough that it wouldn't be feeling the effects of a U.S./global slump... Plus, its previous rapid rate of growth was unsustainable. Seems like a combination of factors.

Quoted: Growth is slipping, stocks are down 40%, and foreign stock market investors are fleeing. Business blames the ruling coalition for failing to make reforms.

Checking this documentary out at SIFF tomorrow. I hear it's one of India's stronger entries, curious to see it...

Quoted: “What sin did I commit to be born a woman?” These chilling words of 21-year-old housemaid Lakshmi reverberate throughout Mumbai-based filmmaker Nishtha Jain’s extraordinary documentary. Jain turns the camera on her part-time maid, and in the process illuminates the complex relationship between employer and servant, filmmaker, and subject.