Summer Visitor
If you are an adult seeking instant sympathy, try saying these words in public: “My mother-in-law is visiting.” No sooner than I uttered them I got compassi
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Indian Call CentersNot a Bed of Roses
Mani was a normal 21-year-old till he got a job a year ago. Now, he is suffering from health problems usually associated with people twice his age—insomnia, f
Has Vajpayee Created a Stronger State?
One of the promises made by L.K. Advani was that the National Democratic Alli-ance (NDA) government would usher in a stronger Indian state. Now, after five year
Old-Fashioned or New-FashionedIt’s Still Fashion
I left India a long time ago and found myself connecting with Indian professionals in the U.S. who were a product of Western education mostly in science and eng
The Money Trail
CHURA LIYAA HAI TUMNE. Director: Sangeeth Sivan. Players: Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Gulshan Grover, Vijay Raaz. English subtitles. DVD (WEG). Pleasant surprises so
Mixed Marriages
Q: I recently read and enjoyed an article you wrote in India Currents about interracial families. I am a Westerner—white and female. My husband is India-born
Unknown Giant
TANMOY BOSE, Solo Tabla. Available at www.bolrecords.com Unless it receives the patronage of kings and maharajas, serious art has a diffi-cult time surviving in
Goin’ Back to Pakistan
Ahmed Amin just wants to play football. He’s 17, and Cupertino High’s starting tight end. His older brother Hassan, 19, would rather chase girls around the
The Gilmore Girls and Me
In this day and age of reality television, the one program that seems more real than life itself is WB’s Gilmore Girls. The story of a 30-something single mot
Leather Soles
I notice blood on my underpants for the first time the day my ba, my mother, died. I come out of the secret room looking around stealthily, my face ridden with
Bridging the Digital Divide
It is only 10 a.m., but we are already sweating buckets as we make our way through the back alleys of Khidderpore. The temperature must be close to 100 degrees.
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Insights are like sly chain-snatchers. They make a grab for you when you least expect it. I got a brief visit too, recently. Each day my immigrant existence lea
