The first Western journalist to write about Bollywood and Indian pop culture for the Indian press, I'm a staff reporter for India-West and a regular contributor to The Hollywood Reporter.

In America, outlets carrying my stories include Salon.com, the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Contra Costa Times and Natural Health.

My stories have appeared in India in The Times of India, Mid-Day, Verve, The Hindustan Times, and The Asian Age.

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Bollywood film reviews in the Hollywood Reporter:

"Chandni Chowk to China"
"Singh Is Kinng"
"Love Story 2050"
"Sarkar Raj"
"U, Me aur Hum"
"Race"

awards

• San Francisco Peninsula Press Club Award for Best Series: "Arnav: A Toddler's Transplant Story," June 2008.
• Winner, New California Media Award for Best Investigative Article: "Indian Husbands Fall Victim to Dowry/Immigration Fraud," January 2007.