{"id":767,"date":"2012-10-19T07:16:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T11:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sangamithra.wordpress.com\/?p=767"},"modified":"2012-10-19T07:16:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T11:16:05","slug":"abc-dosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/?p=767","title":{"rendered":"ABC Dosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 146px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opencitymag.com\/the-dosa-hunt-continues-use-your-hands-be-one-with-the-dosa\/#.UIExbrR9ndk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" style=\"margin:5px 15px;\" title=\"Dosa Hunt Poster By Anil Gupta\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/opencitymag.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/17\/files\/2012\/10\/DosaHunt-Poster_27x40RGB_960_72dpi.jpg\" height=\"216\" width=\"146\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster by Anil Gupta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Columbus Day, I had a chance to see Amrit Singh&#8217;s new film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/dosahunt.com\">Dosa Hunt:\u00a0The Greatest Hunt for South Indian Food in NYC ever Committed to Film<\/a>. \u00a0<\/em>Singh compiles an all-star cast of indie musicians who <a href=\"http:\/\/opencitymag.com\/the-dosa-hunt-continues-use-your-hands-be-one-with-the-dosa\/#.UIExbrR9ndk\" target=\"_blank\">seek out the best dosai the city has to offer.<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0For Singh, the film is about more than just dosa\u2014 it serves as a \u201ccultural artifact.\u201d In a discussion after the film during its opening weekend, Singh said Dosa Hunt was \u201ca device to get a pretty remarkable group of guys together, a group of guys who couldn\u2019t have been imaginable ten years ago, at least not to me as a 15-year-old kid, loving music.\u201d Soundgarden\u2019s Kim Thayil and No Doubt\u2019s Tony Kanal, \u201cwere the only guys who had a face that looked anything like mine in the arts,\u201d Singh said. Just as <i>dosa<\/i>, historically the lesser-known Indian food in America, is starting to make its mark, the film is a testament to the arrival and success of its multicultural cast in the music scene.<\/p>\n<p>Check out my piece at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opencitymag.com\/the-dosa-hunt-continues-use-your-hands-be-one-with-the-dosa\/#.UIExbrR9ndk\" target=\"_blank\">Open City<\/a>, \u00a0where this <a href=\"http:\/\/opencitymag.com\/the-dosa-hunt-continues-use-your-hands-be-one-with-the-dosa\/#.UIExbrR9ndk\" target=\"_blank\">Dosa Hunt continues<\/a>.\u00a0Singh, and a couple of the other film stars, Ashok Kondabolu and Vijay Iyer discuss their favorite dosa spots and more. \u00a0As for me, my favorite dosa is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.satyamag.com\/aug05\/kumar.html\">Thiru Kumar at NY Dosas<\/a>. \u00a0What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Columbus Day, I had a chance to see Amrit Singh&#8217;s new film Dosa Hunt:\u00a0The Greatest Hunt for South Indian Food in NYC ever Committed to Film. \u00a0Singh compiles an all-star cast of indie musicians who seek out the best dosai the city has to offer. \u00a0\u00a0For Singh, the film is about more than just &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/?p=767\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABC Dosa&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,42,46,68,90],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-awww","tag-dosa","tag-film","tag-open-city","tag-veganmofo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}