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'Beyond Bollywood' Exhibition Highlights Indian-American Culture
"When the Smithsonian began working on this exhibition in 2008, as part of something called the Indian American Heritage Project," said museum curator Masum Momaya, "there was nothing in the National Collection which has more than a million pieces that explored the history of Indian immigrants and Indian Americans here in the U.S."
The exhibition also includes some of the Indian-American celebrities who have had success in various sections, like the late Pandit Ravi Shankar, Vijay Iyer, Anoushka Shankar, and Karsh Kale. Some actors who make up to the list are Kal Penn, Sarita Choudhury, and Mindy Kaling. Other prominent personalities on the list include Pulitzer Prize winner Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, Miss America 2013 Nina Davuluri, poets Meena Alexander and Shailja Patel, author Bharati Mukherjee, and chefs Floyd Cardoz and Madhur Jaffrey.
The exhibition will be on display till February 28, 2015 in Washington, DC and then voyage itself to museums, libraries and community centers in 15 cities across the country through the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.
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