PERSPECTIVES

We Will Strike. We Will Deter. We Will Win: America’s Comforting Simplicity

Her name does not appear in any briefing. She is eleven years old, and she…

Bhadralok and Beyond: Competitive Communalism Reshaping Bengal’s Politics to the Detriment of Bengali Culture

Bengal is no stranger to communalism. History bears witness to the horrific clashes between Hindus…

‘Tanvi The Great’ Starts Off as a  Conversation About Autism But Lapses Into Formulaic Themes of Bravery, National Pride

I recently watched “Tanvi the Great,”  because it was heavily promoted as veteran filmmaker Anupam…

‘Project Hail Mary’: A Fan of the Book Walks Out of the Movie Impressed, Moved, and Nagged by a Quiet Loss

Andy Weir published “Project Hail Mary” in 2021 — the tail end of a pandemic, a moment…

A Pheran Over Blue Jeans: How Kashmiri Artisans and Sellers Have Become Victims of Hate Propaganda

There has been more bad news for ordinary folks in Kashmir, especially women, craft-pThere has…

The Lost Children: Indian Adoptees Confront Identity, Trauma, and the Cost of ‘Rescue’

Are we mother and daughter in every lifetime? I hope not. I hope in another…

Imperialism v Fundamentalism: Empathizing With Iran Must Recognize the Internal Struggle Against Religious Despotism

The 13th century Persian poet Saadi Shirazi writes of human beings as “members of a…

Déjà Vu All Over Again: The War Began As I Flew Out of Dubai En Route to New York

We made our connection in the knick of time at Dubai Airport. As we stood…

When the Bombs Have American Flags: On Why Liberal Democracies Keep Funding Wars They Publicly Oppose

“It is not because they are somehow intrinsically given to violence… it is because capitalism…

They are Not Just Bombing Nuclear and Missile Sites—They are Committing a Crime Against Civilization

This piece had to be written. It has been waiting to be written — since…

Iran War: ‘I Am Ashamed of How Gutless, How Spineless Our Government Has Been’

I know we are here today to talk about “Mother Mary Comes To Me.” But how…

Voldemort Redux: New Carnegie Survey Documents a Rising Hate That ‘Will Not Be Named’

Carnegie Endowment’s latest survey on Indian Americans, offers some painstakingly collected data but  surprisingly declines…