PERSPECTIVES

‘Jago Hua Savera’: A Classic Pakistani Film Based on an Indian Novel Set in East Bengal

Night falls on a river. The village around it thickens with darkness. Not the river.…

I Used to Think My Parents Were Islamaphobic Master Exaggerators. After Watching ā€˜The Kashmir Files’ I Stand Chastened

The Holocaust was a genocide that has since been etched into the hearts and minds…

March is Reading Month. And Storytelling is an Inherent Part of My Indian Heritage

During ā€œMarch is Reading Month,ā€ I reap the rewards of being a legislator: reading to…

Kolams: The Geometrical and Mathematical Beauty of Traditional Indian Art

Ancient traditional art forms from around the world fascinate me, but it was not always…

Vanaprastha-Ashram: How I’m Transitioning to the Hindu Way of Spending the Evening of Life

Late in the afternoon of life, as the shadows start getting longer, the mind starts…

I Belong to a Minority Community in India and in America. My Heart Goes Out to the Kashmiri Pandits

ā€œThe Kashmir Filesā€ makes you uncomfortable, angry, frustrated and helpless. You are not actually watching…

The Blood and Gore in ā€˜The Kashmir Files’ Seems Gratuitous Because It Depicts Reality

Stepping out of the movie theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey after watching ā€œThe Kashmir…

The Bipartisan H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act to Plug Loopholes in the American Visa System

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Dick Durbin…

The Comedy of Errors: Congratulations are in Order to Cast and Crew of ā€˜Badhai Do’ for Tackling Important Social Issue

This weekend, we had an unexpected snowstorm in the Southeast, so Netflix took precedence over…

Confessions of a Kashmiri Pandit: What I Liked and What I Didn’t Like About ā€˜The Kashmir Files’

“Kashmir ka sach itna sach hai ki jooth hi lagta haiā€ — Krishna, “The Kashmir…

The Erasure: California Panel Claims Indian Muslims Face Impending Genocide

ā€œIndia is subsumed in a momentous political crisis, the most daunting since 1950,ā€ warned Dr.…

Much Ado About ā€˜The Kashmir Files’ and the Persecution Complex of the Pandits

I have not seen The Kashmir Files. I do not know if I will have the…