by Shailaja Dixit | Dec 7, 2011 | Desi Voices, Perspectives
First Published on December 7, 2011 September 7th 2011, Paramount Theater. 9:15AM. My husband and I sit quietly in the cool, dark auditorium. A woman brushes past us. Congratulations! she mouths. I give a wry smile and wave back weakly. A man come out onstage and...
by Shailaja Dixit | Aug 26, 2011 | Perspectives, Reflections, Viewpoint
This morning I wanted to call the pundits to my house. Light the holy flames, fill my house with Vedic chants and dissolve my grief like golden ghee melting blissfully on wooden chips. On most days the puja room in my house is a locked door. I trip past it on my way...
by Shailaja Dixit | Aug 9, 2009 | Desi Voices, Perspectives
I sport an inexplicable passion for singing Hindu devotional songs, i.e. bhajans. Bhajans are often associated with deeply religious sentiments but that’s not their appeal to me. I just find the serenity of the lyrics, the tender rendering of a soulful note, the...
