Can Tragedy Draw Us Closer?
There are moments in the collective psyche of a country that the ravages of time can’t dim or erase. The destruction of the Pentagon and the twin towers of th
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Love in the Time of Riots
American slain in India. That is the hook on which Shashi Tharoor has hung his latest novel, Riot. Four years in the making, the book starts with the death of P
How We Got Here
When Osama bin Laden had his first go at the World Trade Center in 1993, his people had put cyanide gas next to the fertilizer bomb. Unfortunately, he got his c
King of the Hill
During winters when I was little, the boys on my block played a game called King of the Hill. After storms, snowplows clearing the streets would leave behind hu
Ganga: India’s Latest Paradox
"If you take out all the water from the Ganga, there is no river left. And if you pollute it, it becomes an open sewer. What will you worship?" asks Rakesh Jais
Blackout Meals Create Family Time
The rolling blackouts that we were expecting in California this summer brought back memories. When I was growing up in India blackouts were a norm. Two or three
Widening Gender Gap in India’s Population
In a macabre parody of the Ford Motor Company's famous advertising jingle, "Have you Driven a Ford Lately," billboards carrying the slogan "Have You Killed a Da
Look Who’s Organizing
San Jose, CA—The AFL-CIO has yet to make inroads in the one industry it needs most if it is to succeed in the new economy—high-tech. Unions say they face tw
Sharing Traditions
As a member of a Cirque Du Soleil production you get to experience first hand the infinite diversity and beauty of the modern world. You listen to music that, s
Of Love And A Longing
"People and their cultures perish in isolation, but they are born or reborn in contact with other men and women, with men and women of another culture, another
