PERSPECTIVES

My Conflicting Reflections On and Admiration For Arundhati Roy and Her Mother Mary

The mother-daughter dynamic is one of life’s most complex bonds. It can be a source…

Presence Matters: Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America Present Hindu Perspectives on Women

When you enter the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the Commission on the…

Was Suchir Balaji Killed? An Indian Mother Continues Her Lonely Fight Against OpenAI

Before you read on. This is an old story. Or at least, it may feel…

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…