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How Indian American Community is Addressing Social and Economic Issues Through Philanthropy

When people from India began immigrating to the United States in the 1960s due in…

By Shaving My Head I Broke Through One of My Many Beliefs — That I Need Hair to Be Beautiful. I Don’t

After carrying my hair for 48 years on my head I decided to shave it.…

Among the Palmettos: My Trip to Charleston was an Excursion Into the World of ‘The Great Santini’

A recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, brought Pat Conroy’s writing into focus. My friends…

A Joyous Happenstance: When the Intense Parenting Stage Ended I Joined the Robin Hood Army

It was sort of a game-changer when I turned 50 years old. Maybe it is…

Unexpected Delight? How ‘Poker Face’ Pays Tribute to ‘Columbo’ and Annoyingly Flirts With ‘Knives Out’ and ‘Glass Onion’

For years I’ve been in a Facebook group for fans of the ‘70s detective series…

Pa Ranjith’s Tamil Film ‘Natchathiram Nagargiradhu’ is a Meditation on Love, Gender, Caste and Oppression

Tamil film “Natchathiram Nagargiradhu” (The Star is Moving ) shows a theatre troupe grappling with…

Pasmanda v Ashraf Muslims: How the Left’s Anti-Hindu Crusade Ignores Entrenched Caste Divides in Minority Religions

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s January 24th press conference on the dangers of caste discrimination…

Reasons to Watch ‘Pathaan’: The Molten Gold of SRK’s Magic Might Yet Hold All the Broken Pieces of India Together

My five reasons to watch “Pathaan.” The “paisa-vasool” Bollywood movie genre is back with a…

My Wife, Lekha: She Faced Each Day Like Samuel Beckett Did, Saying to Herself, ‘I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On’

Confronting death is a painful experience, particularly when it happens to someone who has been…

Falling in Love With a Grump: It’s a Pleasure to Watch Tom Hanks in ‘A Man Called Otto’

Otto is a palindrome — spelled the same forward and backward like Malayalam, kayak, level,…

The Dhanush Predicament: Green Card Backlog Adversely Affects Career Choices of Young Indian Legal Immigrants

As the new year begins, new legislatures convene in state legislative chambers across the country…

My Mom is a Blonde With Blue Eyes: Identity Crisis and Other Struggles of Indian Children Raised in White American Families

Americans adopting children from India is not new. In 2021, India sent 245 children, the…