PERSPECTIVES

ā€˜Shatranj Ke Khiladi’ Staged By San Francisco Bay Area Drama Company Naatak is a Resounding Success

I am a great fan of Munshi Prem Chand’s short story ā€œShatranj Ke Khiladiā€ from…

Imtiaz Ahmad: A Seminal Authority on Muslim Community and an Unsparing Critic of Muslim Communalists

When Prof. Imtiaz Ahmad of Jawaharlal Nehru University was being laid to rest at a…

Is the U.S. Legitimizing Electoral Autocratization of India by Inviting Prime Minister Modi for a State Visit?

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”  — Martin Luther King, Jr. The moment I…

Universities in the U.S. are Finally Adding Caste to Their Non-discrimination Policy, But Is It Enough?

In March 2023, Harvard University joined a growing list of institutions that have included caste…

Pixar’s ā€˜Elemental’: Where Immigrants Discover Unexpected Magic Happens When Incompatible Elements Come Together

Recently, I attended the family-and-friends premier of ā€œElementalā€ in the theater ensconced in the Steve…

The Situation at the Southern Border Following Title 42’s Expiration As Playing Out Due to Bipartisan Politics

The expiration of the Title 42 pandemic emergency rules along the U.S.-Mexico border on May…

Out of Africa: A Nomadic Adventure With My Girlfriends in the Sands of Namib Desert

Although the Kalahari, with its short bush (and shorter bushmen), has been a place of…

Hindu Unity Day: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s 350th Coronation Anniversary Celebrated in San JoseĀ 

Hindu YUVA, in San Francisco Bay Area, recently celebrated the grand 350th Coronation Anniversary of…

I Am Him: Even If My Father is Not With Me Physically, He Lives In Me. He is In My Extra Wide Feet

My enormous wide feet get many stares, and I feel embarrassed around my friends with…

Woman in a Ghunghat: ā€˜About Face’ Exhibition Portrays a Multifaceted Journey of Human Expression and Diversity

I consider myself really fortunate to stumble upon the current exhibition ā€˜About Face’ at the…

Peddler of Love In a Supermarket of Hate: What I Learned About Rahul Gandhi While Observing Him On Bharat Jodo Yatra

I have been writing against the authoritarian Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media…

2023 World Culture Festival: Hold your Breath for This Olympic Scale Celebration in the Nation’s Capital

We, the human race cannot afford not to celebrate our diversity. To turn around the…