LOS ANGELES: She has captured the hearts of audiences around the world, for sixty years and here she was, aged 75, singing her heart out at the prestigious Walt Disney Concert hall in Los Angeles. Some of the world's greatest names have graced this hall and Asha Bhosle joins the illustrious roster.

HOLLYWOOD, CA: One city, eleven perspectives; one movie, eleven directors. That's Mumbai Cutting, A City Unfolds - a fusion of short stories with a common bond.

NEW YORK: The United Nations General Assembly was a riot of colors on April 25 when more than 450 guests from 192 countries celebrated the annual "UN Staff Day 08" with a spectacular fashion show by Shekhar Rahate, an Indian American designer.

Aruna Sairam's virtuosity is expressed through a stunningly beautiful voice coupled with extraordinarily skilled improvisation and an ability to transmit one of the world's great sacred repertoires to audiences of all backgrounds.

NEW JERSEY: On Saturday, June 14, the Shubanjali School of Performing Arts will present its new theatrical dance production "Roopa Viroopa," an Indian adaptation of Beauty & the Beast

LOS ANGELES: Manuri Ranasinghe will represent the exotic and the beautiful island nation of Sri Lanka at the Miss Asia USA - 20th Annual Cultural Pageant.

SAN JOSE: The living legend did it again - Gurdas Mann lived up to popular expectations and set the stage on "musical fire" at the Event Center Arena at San Jose State University on Saturday, April 26. The event, promoted by Mehta Entertainment in association with Lal Bhatia, was largely attended by fans of Gurdas Mann, some coming from as far as the mid-west.

Chitra Divakaruni is one of the most seductive of story tellers of our time. In her re-imagining othe epic Mahabharata, she uses the main source text as a swirl of reference points in mining the core of characters in her latest book The Palace of Illusions.

LOS ANGELES: The 6th Annual Riverside International Film Festival 2008, Riverside, CA ended its 10 day run on Sunday April 20 with the screening of "Kadachit", a psychological drama that questions the validity of human perception; starring Ashvini Bhave, Sachin Khedekar and directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.

LOS ANGELES: Neha Goradia will represent India at the 20th Miss Asia USA scheduled for June 21. She will be competing with about forty contestants representing other Asian countries ranging from Jordan to Mongolia to Armenia to Japan.