PERSPECTIVES

Being an American: Every Thanksgiving I Reflect On How to Express Gratitude for What I Have

I grew up in a family where no one ever said thank you. We were…

Our First Thanksgiving: A True Introduction to America’s Spirit of Gratitude and the Magic of Being Welcomed

In the early 90s, when I was a resident physician at North Shore Hospital, Long…

Turkey With a Delhi Accent: We Didn’t Merely Adopt Thanksgiving. We Rewrote it in Saffron

Our first Thanksgiving in Los Angeles unfolded in saffron, ambition, and a turkey that had…

Remembering Bollywood’s ‘He-Man’: Dharmendra’s Masculinity was Never Edgy—It was Tempered by Gentleness and Earthy Charm

Dharmendra, born Dharam Kewal Krishan Deol in 1935 in a modest Punjabi household, rose from…

As a Survivor of Honor Killing Attempts and Forced Marriage to My Rapist, Thanksgiving is an Occasion to Honor the Land that Gave Me Refuge

On December 4, 1993, my family left Illinois and returned to Pakistan after spending a…

Trump and Mamdani’s ‘Love Fest’: A Handshake That Pivoted to a Different Echelon of Politics

The New York Post called it a “love fest.” The photo shows Zohran Kwame Mamdani…

Love All, Serve All and Decolonize All: Prime Minister Modi’s Embrace of Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Message

Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s centenary celebrations have started in Puttaparthi with a galaxy of leaders…

An Ungainly Bromance of Donald and Zohran: The Whole Affair Left Much to Decipher and Read Between the Lines

The optics of the New York City mayor elect standing next to the president, hands…

Reading Arundhati Roy’s Memoir Made Me Wonder How Will My Own Children Remember Me?

Arundhati Roy’s “Mother Mary Comes to Me” is the story of a writer being forged—by…

Bollywood’s Fading Fortune: Selling Glamour Without Substance and Misery Without Solution

From the outside, Bollywood looks less like a vibrant film industry and more like a…

Selvamani Selvaraj’s ‘Kaantha’: A Whodunnit Neo-Noir Love Letter to Tamil Cinema’s Golden Era

The kind of film whose imperfections only make it more unforgettable. Every studio is both…

A Tale of Two Perspectives: Banu Mushtaq Sees Life From Gallis of Hyderabad; Arundhati Roy Writes From a Privileged Altitude

In the crowded field of Indian English writing about the marginalized, two recent voices stand…