Vandana Shiva wears many hats: Indian author and scholar, physicist, ecologist, anti-globalization and food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and environmental activist. She is primarily known for her fight against GMOs (genetically…
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Widely recognized as one of the most powerful singers of devotional music, Abida Parveen is the indisputable Queen of Sufi Music like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is the King of…
Ranveer Brar is a chef from Mumbai who has been cooking since he was a little boy. His love of cooking led him to create his own food show, Breakfast…
What is a woman but the ability to overcome all odds and still come out on top of the world? One such woman who has overcome odds to become one…
Revered as the “First Lady of Global Indian Cuisine,” Madhur Jaffrey is widely considered the the primary Indian food authority in the West. She’s written over 30 cookbooks and is…
When chef Aarti Sequeira won Season Six of Food Network Star, the number-one series on The Food Network, she received her own show on the network, which she called Aarti…
As any biography of Noor Jehan will note, she was born in Kasur, Punjab, British India on September 21, 1926 to father Imdad Ali and mother Fateh Bibi and given…
About Muniba Mazari Muniba Mazari Baloch is a well-known face around the world. A talented woman, the Pakistani has many feathers on her cap. Muniba is an influential activist, model,…
Award-winning Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair has written, produced, directed and acted in dozens of films. Her alma mater of Harvard University describes her work as presenting, “multi-layered, emotionally-moving, and aesthetically-charged…
Politician Hina Rabbani Khar was born in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan to Pakistani politician father Ghulam Noor Rabbani. Her family was considered a feudal family of influence in the Muzaffargarh province…
