by Nitya Ramanan | Jan 21, 2014 | Cover Story, Features
In the 1995 James Bond movie, Golden Eye, M tells Mr. Tanner, played by Rory Kinnear, “… if I want sarcasm, Mr. Tanner, I’ll talk to my children, thank you very much.” That sentiment satirizes and underscores the parent-teenager relationship, a relationship pixelated...
by Nitya Ramanan | Jun 29, 2007 | Not For Profit, Profiles
One school at a time. That philosophy translates into the acronym OSAAT, a San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit that is directing its efforts towards needy schools in India “NRIs in the U.S. are thriving due to the education that they had in India. … I felt it...
by Nitya Ramanan | Apr 1, 2007 | Features, General
* 1987 Somewhere in San Jose suburbia, an eight-page black-and-white magazine enters its first press run. And the cultural happenings in the Indian-American community get new visibility and voice. Founding editor of India Currents Arvind Kumar recalls, “Ashok...
by Nitya Ramanan | Feb 28, 2007 | Entertainment, In Focus, Music, Profiles
Adeta Gayah of Florida could have been on her way to study dance for three years on a full scholarship at Bhaskara College of Fine Arts in Kerala. But she turned it down. She chose instead, to complete her education majoring in international business and...
by Nitya Ramanan | Feb 18, 2007 | Features, General, In Focus, Profiles
To anyone interested, Prakash Chandras gives out a daily dose of art. Beginning last October, the San Jose-based artist started painting an image each day. Titled California Daily Art, the paintings reflect Chandras’s experiences as a Californian, and can be viewed on...
