Houston Doctor is The Boy Refugee
The Boy Refugee is a seminal work, a one of a kind book by Dr. Khawaja Azimuddin, a well-known gastrointestinal surgeon from Houston, Texas. One could ask why t
Ras H.Siddiqui
Interview with Kavi Raz, Director of “The Black Prince”
Ras Siddiqui in conversation with Kavi Raz, Writer and Director, The Black Prince. The Black Prin
The Great Divide?
This journey called life takes many interesting paths. What rekindled this thought recently was the 2013 Google India Ad, a video clip on YouTube (http://www.yo
A Day at the California State Capitol
Some State Capitol politicians with visitors The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held its 2nd Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol in Sacramento recent
Brown Karma
The closing weeks of the year 2012 did settle the debate about the Mayan calendar and the end of the world. Thankfully we are all still here. But the year also
Fashion, Eid and Junoon’s Salman Ahmad
Junoon is now almost an American band but one with roots in South Asia. It has transformed over the 20 years of its existence with founder Salman Ahmad and his
A Tribute to Jagjit Singh (1941-2011)
The passing of maestro Jagjit Singh brought back, to me, memories of his appearances with his wife Chitra Singh in the 1970s. He was later to become one of the
AMU’s Sir Syed Day
India has numerous tourist attractions. I visited some of them during a trip there in 2004, but one among them stood out, especially since it is not exactly a t
The Politics of Hate
What does a Muslim in America look like? Any religion, especially one as large as Islam, crosses all racial, ethnic, and geographic boundaries. And how do Musli
Rest in Peace, Governor Taseer
There is a journey during which it’s not the legs that ache, but the heavy heart”(Ik safar woh hai jis mein, paon nahin, dil thakta hai). These are words
Pakistan Floods
Pakistan, as we all know, is located in an area from where many unsavory characters antithetical to American interests seem to emerge constantly and relentlessl
The Distant Thunder of an Unexploded Bomb
The recent attempt to bomb Times Square in New York evokes many thoughts. One that lingers, at a time like this, is a storyline from an old movie about a terrib
