PERSPECTIVES

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…

I No Longer Think a Hero is a Handsome Bollywood Actor. I’ve Grown Up to Realize a Hero is One Who Cares

When my son was about eight years old, I complimented him on his new shirt…

‘RRR’ Projects White People in Cruel and Vile Terms, Even as Team Behind it Cravenly Seeks Approval of the Same White People

I saw S.S. Rajamouli’s “RRR” on Netflix this week. It was everything I expected it…

Blood, White and Blue: Immigrants’ Assimilation Into American Mainstream Involves Desensitization to Mass Killings

It is probably time to retire the tired old phrase ‘as American as apple pie.’…

The Spy Who Loved Me: ‘Mission Majnu’ is a RAW Homage to India’s Foreign Intelligence Agents

Duniya mein hum hi akele hain joMaati ko maa kehte hainTum mera dil ho Par Bharat…

A Tribute to Sharad Yadav Who Sought to Reconcile the Competing Interests of India’s Backward Castes and the Dalits

I first met Sharad Yadav in 2014. I had not heard of him before then,…

Stigma and Silence: I Am Adopted. We Don’t Need to Sugarcoat Our Narratives About Adoption

A few days ago, I was on Google trying to do some research about adoptions…

Anniversary of Exile: Elected American Leaders Must Acknowledge the Genocide of Hindus in Kashmir

Kashmir, thought to be named after the ancient Hindu rishi Kashyapa, is an integral part…

Surya Namaskar Yogathon Offers Health and Well-being for All in the New Year

A new year is here. It’s time to renew or reset our resolutions. With the…

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