A review of Dev Patel's biopic of the brilliant Srinivasa Ramanujan Director: Matthew Brown Starring: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Toby Jones, and Devika Bhise Run Time: approximately 108 mins Mark Twain once said “truth is stranger than fiction,” and so it is with the life of Mr. Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920). Mr. Ramanujan, was a largely self-taught mathematician from Madras who at the age of 31, in an era without calculators and computers, became one of the youngest Fellow

A tribute to the legendary Prince. “Dig if you will the picture…” I was six years old and there he was on my TV. A tiny scrawny half naked shrieking black man in full makeup. I didn’t know what I was watching. I didn’t know why I was watching it (neither did my parents). What I knew was that it was unlike anything I had seen before. It was my first Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson June 7, 1958) experience but certainly not the last as “When Doves Cry” reigned supreme over MT

A look at Gingger Shankar's Nari (Part 3 of 3) Rapid Fire… I capped off my conversation with Gingger Shankar on a rapid fire riff about a variety of topics including the many talented artists she has worked with thus far. Here are some of the highlights from my fascinating chat with the incomparable Gingger Shankar. [PP]: You lost your mother to cancer. She was only 42 when she passed. I believe cancer is an affliction that is not given enough attention in our community and r

A look at Gingger Shankar's Nari (Part 2 of 3) Part one of our three-part series highlighted the multi-talented and accomplished artist Gingger Shankar. However, no one is more aware than Gingger that she stands on the shoulders of giants – especially her mother (Viji Shankar) and grandmother (Lakshmi Shankar) – who were trailblazers in their own right and who she continues to pay tribute to through her current projects. Strong, talented women appear to run in Gingger’s famil

A look at Gingger Shankar's Nari (Part 1 of 3) Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon… In 2009, Zach Galifianakis playing the role of Alan in the movie “The Hangover,” dropped this little nugget on us. Is it true? No idea (and I don’t really want to be locked in a cage with a tiger to find out). What I can tell you is that tigers love Gingger more than they love pepper. How do I know? Because I dare anyone (man or beast) who has heard of Gingger Shankar to not be immediately