The recent “Work From Home” ban at Yahoo! has sparked much debate in my circle of friends. Going beyond the initial uproar, it turns out that the ban is primarily targeted at several hundred remote employees, who work from home most of the time. You can read the internal memo here and decide for... Read more...
"Midnight's Children" is an adaption of Salman Rushdie's epic tale of the same title which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Actor Samrat Chakrabarti (as Wee Willie Winkie), appeared with actor Satya Bhabha (as Saleem Sinai) for a Q&A following the CAAMFEST screening last night at the Castro Theatre... Read more...
The fact that Linsanity, the documentary, can make someone like me – who can count the number of times she’s watched an NBA game (live or on TV) on one hand and who hadn’t seen Jeremy Lin in action until last Thursday night at the 1400-seat Castro Theatre in San Francisco for CAAMFEST’s ... Read more...
" "The first time I visited Steven in his own home, I had to fight the urge to turn around and leave." So confessed director and producer Debbie Lum of the subject of her documentary about men with an obsession for dating Asian women. I had the same sentiment upon watching the opening scene of... Read more...
Like all crises, the big one in Sheila Marcelo’s life happened when she could least afford it. At the time, Marcelo was juggling multiple roles – graduate student and working mother of two – when her father had a heart attack while carrying her baby up a flight of stairs. She sudd... Read more...
