India's 'Idol' Recipe

Mumbai Journal
India's 'Idol' Recipe: Mix Small-Town Grit and Democracy

By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Published: May 25, 2006

MUMBAI, India — For a glimpse into the hungry hearts of young India, step inside a giant hulk of a studio here in the country's film and television capital for the weekly taping of "Indian Idol 2."

This is where Indians come to be discovered: Antara Mitra from the remote eastern border in Bengal; Amey Date from a small third-floor walk-up in central Mumbai; Sandeep Acharya, from Bikaner, a small town in Rajasthan; and N. C. Karunya, on leave from an engineering college in the southern high-tech hub, Hyderabad.......

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thanx! 😃

the picture of anuj🤢 practicing by himself is funny

awww and the part about amey made me kinda sad...

just copy and paste the link luckyleo

Can't be happening to me again! its twice today that the link isn't working! 😡

thanks sharmila............. 😉

OWhhhhhhhhhhhh........Amey 😭

thanks sharmi for the article..

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