Artists We Owe
This month, Kathputli Colony, a neighborhood of Shadipur in Delhi, is slated for demolition. The Delhi Development Authority has sold the land on which KC’s r
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan
Closely Watched Things
When you were a child, when people still asked what you wanted to be when you grew up, what did you say? Did you want to be famous? And when you pictured fame,
Mrinalini’s Mississippi
On Christmas day, we go to place a wreath on my mother-in-law’s father’s grave. He has rested here, in Indianola City Cemetery in Mississippi’s Sunflower
Counter Valley Thinking
By now, you’ve heard of Balaji Srinivasan, the Stanford Ph.D. turned entrepreneur (aren’t they all?) who spoke at the “Startup School” this October. In
Approximating H-4
This fall, I packed up my books and belongings and moved across the country for someone else’s job. I arrived at the airport with a baby in tow; my husband wa
Moving Out … Again
Days before I move across the country, I remember a childhood dream. My family lives in a four-story home, open to the world like a dollhouse, with matchstick-s
Work, Interrupted
Clock in. Baby will be hungry soon. How much “work” can you get done before she wakes up? As a graduate student, I have more freedom in my “day job” tha
Tummy Time
Being pregnant is no joke, and I had an easy pregnancy. First there’s morning sickness, which is ghastly even if you don’t have Kate Middleton’s variety.
Remember the Call Center?
In the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) world, Mexico is apparently the new India. According to a recent economic report delivered before the Indian parliamen
Twice-Born Yoga
Berkeley is a veritable mecca for yoga practitioners. Here, studios are (happily) more numerous than Starbucks, each offering its own specialty: Bikram, Ashtang
Epsilon’s Worldly Possessions
We come with nothing, and we go with nothing. Or so they say. My daughter is not due for another two months, and already she is the owner of plenty of stuff of
The Story of Gowda’s Grinding Stones
Cursive, they say, is going the way of cave painting, the compact disc, and the birthday card. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that 45 states have now
