Subject: India

• Make That Elephant a Guinness!

  October 24, 2006

• Bombay Brasserie Opens New Location on West Loop

  April 1, 2008

• Everything's Kosher

  Two new eateries lay down the Jewish dietary laws

  April 26, 2001

• Diva of the Deal

  How Enron's high temptress turned massive projects into a $2 billion wet dream for the company -- and an estimated $100 million profit for herself

  October 10, 2002

• Cult restaurateur

  April 14, 1994

• Music of (Angry) India

  April 27, 1995

• A Dose of Dosai

  January 23, 1997

• Press Picks

  March 20, 1997

• Desi Dance

  September 25, 1997

• Here's A Plan: Fewer People, More Work At The Chronicle

  The Houston Chronicle is having problems, like most big-city dailies, but it might get a whole lot worse. One of the latest rumors sweeping the San Francisco Chronicle would have the deskies in Houston handling headline writing, copy editing and layout for their ailing sister paper by The Bay. The other option is India. This is bound to raise the grumbling in the Houston Chronicle newsroom a few decibels as Chronistas await the next layoff wave of layoffs of 10 percent or more. The situation in

  February 27, 2009

• The Whole Wide World: Putumayo Presents: India

  Various Artists Putumayo Presents: India www.putumayo.com With Slumdog Millionaire's recent sweep at this year's Oscars, the music of India has become more and more present on our airwaves - a slow trend that began four decades ago when George Harrison first introduced Ravi Shankar's ragas to Western audiences in the late '60s. On this new Putumayo release, we get a few examples of what is going on in that music scene in recent years, like Niraj Chag's electronic-tinged "Khwaab" and Bom

  March 3, 2009

• A New Blackboard For The Poor, Via Rice University

  "Can you ustnnderad this stnecnee?" Well, if you can, then you understand probabilistic logic -- and you're half-way to understanding the I-Slate being developed at Rice University by computing professor Krishna Palem.  The I-slate is a solar-powered LED tablet Palem and his project partners are hoping will replace the slate tablets and chalk currently used by school children in many poorer parts of the world. The I-slate uses a processing chip that requires as much as 30 times less ele

  March 23, 2009

• Chaat House

  December 4, 2008

• Milana

  She loves me, she loves me not gets the Bollywood treatment

  August 14, 2008

• Civilization Revolution Offers a Fast Way to Build Up a Culture.

  July 31, 2008

• The Cuisine of India

  Get a taste of peace at this benefit for the Boniuk Center

  May 15, 2008

• Paneer and Pizza at Gourmet India and Kings Chicken

  February 28, 2008

• Alma y Fuego (Soul and Fire)

  Lucia y Valdemar Gitanerías Flamenco brings passion and expertise to the complicated Spanish music

  February 7, 2008

• 2007 Music Year in Review

  December 13, 2007

• Articulate of Bangalore, India: Panchavaktram

  Blind dancers will help lead you into a holy trance

  October 11, 2007

• Lagaan to This One

  May 4, 2006

• Twister Mixer

  April 13, 2006

• Spiraling into Motion

  August 3, 2006

• THE BOONDOCKS

  CHERRY BOMB

  July 5, 2007

• WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ORDER

  INDIA'S

  December 7, 2006

• The Short Goodbye

  August 31, 2006

• The Plane Truth

  June 8, 2006

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critic weighs in on local theater

  June 1, 2006

• Pure Bliss

  In more ways than one, Balaji Bhavan is Little India's hottest eatery

  May 18, 2006

• Troubled Water

  Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists

  May 11, 2006

• Curry Favor

  Cozy up to India at the International Festival

  April 21, 2005

• Same Old Song and Dance

  Jane Austen goes Bollywood in Bride & Prejudice

  February 10, 2005

• Shrimp N' Ice Cream

  What to order at the Indian seafood restaurant Fish N' More

  May 6, 2004

• (East) Indian Summer

  A local community celebrates its heritage

  August 14, 2003

• Exploring the Subcontinent

  "Border Crossings" will tell you more about South Asia than CNN will

  May 15, 2003

• Goat Doughnuts Go Global

  The Hot Breads franchise serves unique pastries to a worldwide audience

  January 23, 2003

• The Art of Oil

  Welcome to the "Jewelled Arts of India," made possible by your SUV

  August 29, 2002

• Gypsy Caravan II

  Sunday, November 11

  November 8, 2001

• Bombay Beach Memoirs

  Lunch with Darayus Kolah

  April 19, 2001

• RiceTec Paddy Whack

  An Alvin-based rice company, the Prince of Liechtenstein, the United States Patent Office, and an Indian eco-feminist bring global trade debates to a roiling boil on Houston's back burner

  November 23, 2000

• Shtick and Move

  April 20, 2000

• Reel Worlds

  Houston mines international gold with the Pan-Cultural Film Festival

  February 10, 2000

• All in the Familia

  Cantina Tres Caballos may be a Tex-Mex newcomer, but you know its Mama

  December 2, 1999

• Intensely India

  Stoppard finds love in past art and rebellion

  September 30, 1999

• Curry in a Hurry

  May 28, 2009

• Last Call For Art: Casual Encounters and Indian Film

  Indian film Rang de BasantiThe art exhibit "Casual Encounters" closes at Domy Books this Sunday. A group show featuring work by Dirty Jeff, Will Boone, Patrick Griffen, Derek Albeck, French, and curator Give Up, "Casual Encounters" includes photos, drawings, portraits and collages. The international group of the artists share an outsider sensibility. Wheat-paste artist Give Up, who took home our Best of Houston award for Best Graffiti Artist in 2008, told the Houston Press's Dusti Rhodes, "The a

  June 5, 2009

• Upcoming Events

  Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezCrawfish season is at its close, as noted by Robb Walsh last week, and you can catch the last big boil of the season at Calliope's Po-Boy tomorrow, June 13. They're serving up the biggest mudbugs of the year for $26.99 per person, which includes all-you-can-eat crawfish, corn, potatoes and other veggies. Groups of six or larger get a discount: $20 per person. Calliope's is BYOB, so bring a cooler of Abita and laissez les bon temps roulez. Also up this Saturday is t

  June 12, 2009

• The Crucifer of Blood

  July 9, 2009

• Continental Airlines Manages To Piss Off India

  Continental Airlines is having a tough stretch -- its CEO quit, its recently announced earnings are dismaying Wall Street (What do those two things have in common? Hmmm....), its laying off a bunch of workers, and now it's got the parliament of India all in an uproar.Indian politicians are shocked, dismayed, disheartened and pissed off about the airline subjecting a former Indian president to a security search that included a frisking.The Associated Press quotes Indian civil aviation minister Pr

  July 21, 2009

• Mango Smoothies, Onion Rings and Donuts

  ​Hillcroft -- that magical street where the adventurous soul can find the weird, wild and wonderful cuisine of India and the Middle East. Udipi Café at 5959 Hillcroft is just off 59, tucked between a gas station (go figure) and a jewelry store (go figure again). This restaurant came recommended by Indian nationals working in Houston.

  October 21, 2009