So are you assuming that you’re going to be good when you get to the United States? Or do you not really know what’s going on?I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m assuming I’m still OK, because the executive order was announced while I was in the air. There were rumors of it. I will say between 9/11 and 2017, this time, I basically had been stopped almost every time I entered into the United States and taken to this room for questioning. Under Bush, under Obama. And so to me, that room that I was taken into ultimately was not unfamiliar. But I had never been taken to that room as a green card holder. I remember the first time I traveled with my green card, I walked in and the officer says to me, “Welcome home.” And I had to do a double take because nobody had ever said that to me before. It’s usually like, “I’m sorry, ma’am, you have to be taken to this extra area.” I was used to it, but it always produces … [Read more...] about Reflections on the Muslim Ban on the Four-Year Anniversary
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Thad Cockrell Makes ‘Tonight Show’ Debut, Performs ‘Swingin” With the Roots
Cockrell and the Roots linked up remotely for the performance, but despite the distance, they injected the David Bowie and Arcade Fire-indebted track with plenty of punch. “If I’m gonna go down,” Cockrell bellowed during the chorus, “I wanna go down swinging/I wanna go down hard/With all of my heart.” … [Read more...] about Thad Cockrell Makes ‘Tonight Show’ Debut, Performs ‘Swingin” With the Roots
Toh Baat Pakki Music Review
Pritam Chakraborty turns into Pritam Singh once again for Toh Baat Pakki which has a Punjabi beginning to it with Mika Singh coming behind the mike for 'Jis Din'. A catchy number that instantly gets you jiving, it has everything that you have heard before from Pritam and is still reasonably impressive. This Mayur Puri written number has a good mix of Punjabi and Western arrangements that make it the kind of track that can find an audience in the bigger centres as well as interiors. Expect the track (which is repeated in a 'remix version', just like every other number in the album) to find it's way in the marriage processions to follow if and when the film turns out to be a success. … [Read more...] about Toh Baat Pakki Music Review
Lahore music review
Normally one would expect Shankar Mahadevan and Shilpa Rao to come together for a romantic or fun outing. However, the situation is a little different in 'Rang De' which has a start similar to that of Pritam's 'Ishq Hi Hai Rab' (Dil Bole Hadippa). With a Punjabi folk flavour dominant right through its duration, 'Rang De' is foot tapping and brings along the feeling of friendship and euphoria. No, it is not the next chartbuster in the making but still, it is the most crowd pleasing number of the lot so far. … [Read more...] about Lahore music review