In February "Slumdog Millionaire" won eights Oscars, including best picture.
Just last week, 150 fashion designers presented their collections in two different fashion weeks in New Delhi, followed by another fashion week that began Friday in Mumbai.
The image of India as a fashion backwater is rapidly changing as more designers set their sights on a global audience, just as the film industry has done.
Indeed, there are 20 million NRI (non-resident Indians) and OBI (overseas-born Indians) living primarily in the United Kingdom, United States, South Africa and Singapore, with many more expats around the world.
Indian culture has spread with them, and along with it, a fascination that harkens back to the days when the Beatles made a hot India very cool. Though Pittsburgh's Indian population is small (an estimated 2,500 families), it is increasingly visible and geographically diverse.
Most neighborhoods now boast an Indian restaurant or grocery store, with a concentration of them in the South Hills, Monroeville and North Hills. There's also an annual Asian Festival in May, the perfect place to catch up on the latest movies from India. Here's a sort of introduction to Indian culture, 101.
First published on March 30, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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