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Love in the Time of Pandemic: Visiting My 86-year-old Mother in India Amid Surging Covid and Dengue Virus

In the last few years, I have been visiting my mother in Odisha every year.…

The Taste of Controversy: Is Padma Lakshmi Justified in Taking Down Washington Post Columnist Who Sneered at ‘Curry’?

What is too much outrage? Or too little for that matter when it comes to…

Ode to Saleem Kidwai: Co-editor of Anthology on Writings About Same-sex Love in Indian literature

The context for the poem is: while we were working on “Same-Sex Love in India,”…

‘Square Root Of A Sonnet’ – Staging the Visual Imagery of ‘Chandrasekhar Limit’ in Sunnyvale

“Chandra probably thought longer and deeper about our universe than anyone since Einstein.” – Martin…

Anatomy of Emerging Threat: The Implications of ISIS-K Drawing First Blood Against Americans in Afghanistan

Thursday’s bombing of Kabul’s airport introduced another dangerous player in Afghanistan: ISIS-K. Empowered by the…

An American in Kasegaon: Gail Omvedt — Academician, Political Thinker and Human Rights Activist

In the 1960 and 1970s when many Indians were moving to the United States in…

The Mindset of Force: Egregious Fallacies in American Understanding of Terrorism in Afghanistan

The Urdu word Khaufnak means someone who elicits terror. I heard David Headley use this word in…

I Plan to Vote ‘No’ for the Recall of Gov. Newsom and Pick a Candidate to Replace Him. Here’s Why

There’s something utterly crazy about the upcoming gubernatorial recall elections in California. It’s the idea…

Gandharvas and Kabuliwalas: The Long and Rich History of India-Afghanistan Links

I first learned about Afghanistan through the famous story of the Bard of Bengal, Rabindranath…

Raksha Bandhan: Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Helps Society to Bond During Happy and Challenging Times

From time immemorial, humans developed special occasions or festivals to come together and enjoy the…

Bigotistaan: Sexual Violence Against Women is Distressingly Rampant in My Homeland

Visiting Pakistan for two weeks has been as dramatic as one would expect in the…

A Proxy War in South Asia? What the New Taliban Regime Means for the Rest of the World

In a stunning turn of events, the world, along with the citizens of Afghanistan, watched…

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