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Seeking Begumpura: The Life and Legacy of American Anti-Caste Icon Gail Omvedt

Can scholarship be an act of love? This is the question I and many others…

Accidental Capitalists? Role of Mentoring in the Rise of Indian Americans in Silicon Valley

The election of Kamala Harris as the first woman and first Asian American as Vice…

9/11 is a Date Which Will Live in Infamy. So Does Any Day That My Dad Faces Extra Scrutiny From the TSA

September 11, 2001, 9:00 AM. Sitting in Ms. Reed’s fifth-grade classroom, about 25 miles west…

9/11, 1893: When Swami Vivekananda Spoke of a Tolerant Hinduism at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago

“I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance…

A 9/11 Survivor’s Story: Reflections On Lives Lost and a Life Reimagined 20 Years On

September 8th and 22nd are the birthdates of my late parents. It is a mere…

Attention Aspiring Doctors: How to Choose the Right Major for Medical School

Aspiring pre-med students who are just entering college might be wondering: what is the best…

Dismantling Hindutva or Denying Hinduphobia: What Prompted the Largest Grassroots Mobilization of Hindu Americans in History

On the same day that the Taliban overran Kabul, a website appeared announcing that South…

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…