PERSPECTIVES

Tracking India’s Ascent to Great Power Status as it Widens its Foreign and Defense Footprints

On 2 September 2022, Prime Minister Modi commissioned India’s first indigenously constructed aircraft carrier, ‘INS…

The Passing of the Queen: How Am I Supposed to Feel? Saddened? Relieved? Indifferent?

On a hot July afternoon in 2019, my 9-year-old daughter and I walked the grand…

Befriend Fear, Don’t Fight It: A Mother’s Note to Her Daughter and All Those Starting College

It makes me immensely proud today to see all these young men and women right…

Adjust, Beta. Be Flexible. Jobs Come and Go. Marriage is Forever, No? — My Indian Matchmaking Nightmare

Last night I dreamt of S Aunty. Of course, it was a nightmare, what else…

Meet Hersh Khetarpal, an Exceptional Hindu Priestess in a Male-Dominated Profession

Hersh Khetarpal is the founding director of Yog Sadhan Ashram, located in West Chicago, which…

Castles, Castles and More Castles: My Perfect (and Insane) Road Trip Through Ireland and Northern Ireland

Ireland, I am going to say at the risk of sounding cliched, is green. But…

Totalitarianism on the Horizon: The Rise and Rise of Narendra Modi’s Morally Bankrupt India

This article is about the funk that I have been experiencing for the last few…

Hinduphobic Attacks in N.Y. and Calif.: Indian American Community Must Look at its Own Role in the Erasure of Hindu Voices

“Dirty…ugly Hindu,” the man spat while at the order counter in a Fremont, California Taco…

Yes, I Belong: Remembering the Long Journey to Fully Embracing the Mantle of Our American Identity

One spring morning four years ago, my wife and I took time off work and…

Bollywood v K-pop: The Yearning Gap in Cultural Connection Between Young South Asian and East Asian Americans

The term Asian Americans is so generic that it glosses over dozens of distinct ethnicities…

Bela, Batool and Bilkis: Why Remember Partition? And What to Remember?

There have been many in India and Pakistan (and what eventually became Bangladesh) who have…

India@75: Reflections on How I was Inspired by My Mother and Mother India

When a family emergency called me to Hyderabad, I cleared my calendar to make a…