The Season is Here!
The Margazi music season, popularly referred to as the “season” in Chennai, is the time when artists and art connoisseurs gather from across the globe at th
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Same-Sex Love in the Present and Past
LOVE’S RITE: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN INDIA AND THE WEST by Ruth Vanita. Palgrave Macmillan, October 2005. Hardcover, 288 pages. $65.00. "Meerut furious over lesb
Little Star
Planning to participate in a pageant? Well, be advised that chubby is in and so are dimples on your knees. That, and a cute smile stole the hearts of judges at
Singing a New Tune
We’ve spoken about many a great music director in this column. This month I’d like to pick another great music composer, one who’s completely changed the
My Worst Critic
Q: I am involved in a creative-writing project that will also help my career grow. I am very interested in my topic and I could write quite a bit about it. Neve
A Rite of Passage
The front door was open and a bold waft of cumin, garlic, and onions traveled through the passageway, curling its way down the block, entering the windows of ne
Application Complication
It’s that time of year again. I’m sure many of you are fretting over a few fat or thin envelopes that may be coming in the mail anytime. I’m caught up in
For the Babies
Mala R. Chinoy of Penn State College of Medicine, was recently honored as a 2005 Emerald Honors Recipient in the Career Achievement category at the Minorities i
Planet of the Apes
I was a monkey. And a plain one at that. This is the only plausible explanation for my spending Friday evening reading Darwin’s Origin of Species instead of a
Visa Dates
March 2006 This column carries priority dates and other transitional information as taken from the U.S. State Department’s Visa Bulletin. The information be
Woman: India’s NewEndangered Species?
A recent study published in the British medical journal Lancet claims that about half-a-million girl babies are aborted in India every year. In this study Canad
The Circle of Life
It happens imperceptibly but in retrospect there appears a clear line demarcating the past from the present. It becomes progressively more difficult to imagine
