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Train to Nostalgia: The Many Long and Short Railroad Journeys with Dad Across India

As the world is getting vaccinated against COVID, we are taking more trips. Some of…

Is Distorting Gandhi’s Favorite Bhajan a Part of Subterfuge That Glorifies the Mahatma’s Assassin Nathu Ram Godse?

On Gandhi Jayanti this year, celebrated as Non-Violence Day on October 2nd, Minnesota Governor Tim…

Hinduism Taught Me That God is an Ocean and Finding Justice is the Essence of Religion

I was obsessed with gods when I was a kid. I was raised detachedly as…

Hindutva Will Replace Hinduism’s Colorful and Vibrant Diversity With a Lifeless, Dull and Grey Uniformity

“United be your purpose, harmonious be your feelings, collected be your mind, in the same…

Kamla Bhasin 1946-2021: Poet, Feminist Icon and a Revolutionary in Her Own Right

Kamla Bhasin had covered a lot of ground in her 75 years on the planet…

The Other Side of H1-B Visa Debate: Indian Techies are the Primary Targets of Anti-immigration Lobbyists

On Sept. 19, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough announced that “Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion…

In Defense of Dharma: Forces of Hindutva Cannot be Defeated by Excluding Religion From Political Discourse

Under its current Hindu nationalist government, India has seen a marked decline in the quality of democracy. This,…

‘We Always Exist On the Verge of Threat’: Do Dalit Lives Matter in America?

India’s caste system is among the world’s oldest forms of social stratification. The system which…

Day of the Pink Hibiscus: Observing Pitru Paksha When the Deceased Loved Ones are Close to the Living Realm

It is Pitru Paksha, the fortnight of the waning September moon when Hindus remember their…

Biden-Harris Talk Up Democracy With Modi Even as His Party Accelerates State-sponsored Violence Against Muslims

As the Biden-Modi bonhomie in Washington make headlines in India, the precipitous slide in Indian…

‘It Must Be a Full Moon Night Somewhere in America’: Poets Congregate for an Evening of Lyrical Passion

Poetry of Diaspora in Silicon Valley hosted a memorable evening of poetry on August 29,…

Brown Sisterhood: I Cherish the Bond With Democratic State Legislators Who ‘Flipped’ Their Districts

While we might be “Zoomed out,” I love that I have developed friendships via video…