The Timelessness of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King
Mahatma Gandhi, whose birthday is celebrated worldwide on October 2 (the International Day of Non-Violence), influenced many non-violent swaraj movements across
Rajesh C.Oza
The Meaning of Swaraj on Independence Day
Independence Day fireworks and parades aside, many young friends and family members express their despair and disappointment in the moral bankruptcy of those el
Kumbh Mela’s Sangam: A Confluence of Rivers, Rishis, and Rogues
A fortittuous consulting engagement in Pune enabled me to see family there as well as in Hyderabad, Calcutta, and the Hindi heartland of New Delhi, Allahabad, a
Ain’t No Brown In the British Crown
The original title of this review was intended to reflect hope. I had already written the opening sentence of the review: “Be wary of dismissing the sweetness
Delivering Diasporic Diwali Dreams: A Story, An Epic
My parents moved from the South Asian subcontinent to the North American continent in the mid-1960s, never to again celebrate Diwali in the country of th
Couples, Doors, Houses
For several decades I’ve been reviewing books, and I’ve had the distinct pleasure of reading them so that I could share them with the readers of India Curre
Naipaul’s Lives: Half and Whole
MAGIC SEEDS by V.S. Naipaul. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover, 288 pages. $25.00. Magic Seeds is the second half of Half a Life, V.S. Naipaul’s novel written just befor
An Empathic Hero’s Journey
Perhaps all heroes are empathic. To test that hypothesis, let’s first define hero and empathy. Hero (as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary): “a mytho
Carpe Diem..Carpe Cricket
The Roman poet Horace wrote the following: “carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.” Although my Latin is weak, here’s a Wiki translation:
Filigree from Gold and Silver
SWIMMER AMONG THE STARS by Kanishk Tharoor. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. 239 pages. Kanishk Tharoor is both a nomadic writer and a city-dweller. Curre
Do Judge A Book By Its Cover
Jhumpa Lahiri. The Clothing of Books. Vintage Books, 2017, 72 pages. In India, you are sure to encounter students in uniforms on their way to school—young
Clarion Call to Creative Climate Action
Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable. By Amitav Ghosh. University of Chicago Press, September 2016. 196 pages. The Great Derangement is an impo
