Ringing in the New Year
True to its motto to unite, serve, and celebrate, the India Community Center’s “New Year Gala” promises to bring together generations and serve up a heady
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Bangladeshi Benefit Concert
Madhumita Chatterjee is an extraordinary musical talent and a sought-after performer. Her mother began Chatterjee’s training in music at 6. She then learned R
A Page from Sikh History
The Sikh community is getting ready to celebrate Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s 343rd birthday. One event is being organized by the International Institute of Gurmat
Afghan and Pakistani Scholars Hold Panel on Region
As the current administration strengthens its ties with Pakistan and President Obama weighs his decision in Afghanistan, a noteworthy panel of Afghan and Pakist
An unchaste brown
If you have read Amitava Kumar’s books (especially Home Products andHusband of a Fanatic) or heard him speak, you would realize that there are several mention
Material Possessions Don’t Matter
Q I recently spent some time visiting friends in a small town. They live a fairly simple life and don’t have many of the things I do. At first I thought I wou
A Better Life Through Music
When Indian American rapper Nimesh (Nemo) Patel went to back to his ancestral home for the first time, he arranged to teach in an Ahimsa program at the Gandhi A
Immigration Matters
Q I am a U.S. citizen. My wife and 15-year-old son have completed 7 years of legal permanent residency and are eligible for U.S. citizenship. But the N-400 form
Care Tactics
What would it mean to care about other human beings—not the ones we know, but the ones we don’t know? What kind of world would we inhabit if we were able to
The Shape of Words to Come
Long-time newspaper readers will remember American journalist Sydney J. Harris. From the 1940s to the 80s, his column “Strictly Personal” ran five days a we
Hurray For Pessimism
My daughter has a special philosophy which she often applies to any new or anxious situation, such as her recent first day of school after the summer holidays.
Love in a Time of Coups
THE WISH MAKER by Ali Sethi. Riverhead Hardcover (June 2009). Hardcover. 432 pages. $25.95. In his debut novel, Ali Sethi, a Harvard graduate and son of the p
