The Battle of the Artistic Bulge
A few months ago, a fellow comedian asked me to perform a set at his CD release party. I declined the offer, giving some vague reason. In fact, I was scared to
Ranjit Souri
The Other Way to Fight Terrorism
Silicon Valley resident Ravi Krishnamurthy is the Vice President of the LibForAll Foundation, an organization whose complex mission is defined by a simple state
Songs as Good as Gold
"I hear melodies all the time in my mind. I’m walking down the street, I see a person or object, and it triggers a melody in my mind.” Siddhartha Khosla is
A Big Idea
Shree Nayar is T. C. Chang Professor of Computer Science and the Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Columbia University, Director of Columbia’s Co
The Gulf Oil Spill and its Ecological Impact
Prosanta Chakrabarty is a fish zoologist at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the curator of ichthyology (fish zoology) at The LSU Museum of Natural
Grooming Future Leaders
Satyam Khanna is a board member and alumnus of the Washington Leadership Program, a program that provides internships on Capitol Hill for college students of So
The Personal Reading Project
The other day I was reading an article online (Anne Frank’s tree, Now Dying, Still Inspires Hope and New Life, by Jessica Ravitz, CNN.com, April 30, 2010) and
A Path Less Traveled
Kevin Negandhi is the first ESPN SportsCenter anchor of Indian descent. The award-winning sports journalist anchors multiple ESPN shows in addition toSportsCent
The Wedding Boogie
A proposed modification to the Electric Slide As springtime approaches, the wedding invitations and save-the-date notices are starting to trickle into my in-box
Theater As Activism
One of the most exciting young voices rising through the Chicago comedy scene is that of Neal Dandade. The 25-year-old native of El Paso, Texas, has a degree in
Escape From File-Cabinet Siberia
Writing is like telemarketing is like dating is like playing the lottery is like shooting a basketball from half-court is like a thousand sea-turtle hatchlings
