Desi Feminist Men – It Does Not Have To Be An Oxymoron
(Featured Image: Cover of the book, Men and Feminism: Seal Studies by Shira Tarrant) In its simplest form, feminism is “the advocacy of women's rights on the
Nandini Patwardhan
Saachi & Karuna: Linked By Language
Saachi Pandit is a high school senior who lives in San Jose. At the age of thirteen, she started tutoring Karuna Kadam, a student in Pune, who is a year older t
The Queue: A Story About Loud Music & (Un)civility
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience My article on cancel culture was published a couple of months back. It
I Will Not Cancel Us!
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience Cancel culture is a form of boycott in which a person is expelled fr
Whom Do You Love More?
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience When my children were about ten and six, one evening during dinner the
YouTube is the Desi Mood
We gave up cable TV over seven years ago and thanks to sites like Netflix, Amazon Video, and HBO Go, we haven’t missed it at all. But, the real treat that res
Excavating History
I recently returned from a six-week sojourn in Mumbai. It is the city where I grew up and where my family still lives. In fact, my “family home” is where my
Why Do I Feel Ethnic Pride?
Desi Roots, Global Wings “Ethnic Pride” is defined as the positive feeling that fills a person’s heart because of her being a member of a particular ethni
Yogic Soft Power, Anyone?
Recently, I read an article in Yoga Journal magazine titled “What's the Difference Between Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation?” It se
My Moonshot
At the time the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon in 1969, I was a 10-year-old schoolgirl in Bombay (as it was then called). Even though I lived far away fro
Winning At Mothering
I grew up during the 1960s in Mumbai. I lived with my parents, two siblings and my maternal grandparents. Our home was small -- four rooms, each ten feet square
An Arranged Marriage Checklist for College Admissions
Given the recent college admissions scandals, I am struck by their similarity to “Bachelor,” the popular American television show. The twenty-odd young wome
