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Madame President: How Kamala Harris Can Upend Republican Effort to Actualize the Handmaid’s Tale

Four years ago I published an article in the iconic American feminist magazine, Ms. Magazine on the symbolic value of the then Senator Kamala Harris as the VP nominee for the Democratic…

Artisan India: My Visit to a Small Weaving Village in Odisha Known for its Organically Dyed Fabrics and Motifs

Last month, I took a nine-seater flight, the smallest I have flown in my life, from Bhubaneswar to Jeypore. The aim of the trip was to learn about the Panikas, the weavers…

Me, Myself and Morocco: A Selfish Trip to the Land of the Unknown

Moving on! Got tired of sitting on the sidelines. A short pause that turned into an eternity of silence — awkward, unkind, and unbearable. And the dilemma … To do or not…

South Brunswick Teen is Lone Indian American Among New Jersey’s Top 75 High School Football Players

Indian American teen Jai Patel of South Brunswick, New Jersey is among the state’s top 75 high school football players for the upcoming season, according to a list culled by NJ Advance…

Lockdown Liberation: Sari Sakhis for Earth Day

We are a group of sari lovers in Southern California. We met again for the first time in one and half years since Covid lockdown. The location was a winery in Temecula,…

Pakistan Film ‘Zindagi Tamasha’ Banned for Being ‘Blasphemous’ is Tapped for Oscars 2021

A film that set off a storm of controversy in Pakistan is now the country’s official entry to the Oscars this year, thumbing their nose at objections from religious and political groups.  The drama…

The Dangers of Normalizing Hate: Why Priya Patel’s Views are Intellectually Shallow and Socially Harmful

Priya Patel, an entrepreneur and conservative influencer, who has built a following through outspoken views on culture and identity, is no stranger to disseminating hate. Her recent remarks labeling India as “third…

The Republic of Ruin: With Trump What Has Changed is Not American Power But the Candor

There was a time when the threat to “send a nation back to the Stone Age” belonged to the private lexicon of war rooms—phrases uttered in anger, then buried under the disciplines…

The Hungarian Losers: Tucker Carlson. Steve Bannon. Peter Thiel. JD Vance. Donald Trump

“Ruszkik haza.”Russians, go home. Four syllables. Seventy years old. The last time they echoed over this river, Soviet tanks were already in the streets. It was October 1956. Hungarian students and factory…

Nightingale’s Sister Asha Bhosle, 1933–2026: The Voice That Sang Everything India Felt

Asha Bhosle, the playback singer who lent her voice to more than 12,000 songs across eight decades and became the most recorded artist in music history, died on Sunday, April 12, 2026,…

Noble Cause of a Nobel Laureate: Rabindranath Tagore’s Pioneering Efforts to Protect the Environment are Still Relevant

According to the UN Environment Program, “Around 3.2 billion people, or 40 percent of the global population, are adversely affected by land degradation.”(UNEP) This destruction and disregard for nature has resulted in…

The Private Sovereignty of Platforms: In the Age of Social Media, Power Without Accountability is No Longer Acceptable

The email arrived without warning. In March 2026, a veteran journalist who had spent years building an audience on Instagram and Threads woke to find both accounts erased. No specific violation cited.…