Hey Naani-Ma, Put On Your Dancing Shoes. It’s Good For Your Brain!
In a packed hall on one Sunday evening at the India Community Center-Milpitas here in the heart of Silicon Valley, South Asian folks of all ages sit in their tr
Viji Sundaram
Youth Depression
Editor’s Note: As in other immigrant communities, open discussion of mental health issues is taboo for many Indian American families, despite the fact that in
The New Rape Whistle: Electric Bras and Condoms with Teeth
Modern technology has brought us a new kind of rape whistle—an electrified bra that shocks anyone who touches it and sends out a GPS signal to police. But the
Indian Rape Protests Foretell Feminist Spring
SAN FRANCISCO – As a co-founder of Narika, a Bay Area-based helpline for South Asian victims of domestic violence, I have come across many incidents of sexual
How Lakireddy Case Spurred California Sex Trafficking Laws
Editor's Note: This article is part of a special report on human trafficking in the San Francisco Bay Area produced by New America Media in collaboration with S
Russia’s Ban on Bhagavad Gita Incenses Indians
The Russian archbishop who tried to malign Lord Krishna and the Indian sacred text, the Bhagavad Gita, should have known that hell hath no fury like 885 million
Ashram Offers an 8-Point Program to Bust Stress
About an hour’s drive north of San Francisco and a stone’s throw from the ocean, nestled on a 250-acre ecologically diverse land in the town of Tomales, is
Yoga Program for At-Risk Youth Transforms Mind and Body
At age 16, Shelly Smith (not her real name) started popping Ecstasy pills, had unprotected sex with guys, and “messed around” with gang members. Numerous ti
A Germ by Any Other Name
August 24, 2010-(L-R) James Byrne, 22, holds a petri dish with a countable amount of bacteria grown from a dog dish at a local Starbucks cafe, and Gabriel Wolfa
Oh no! It’s a Girl
On a recent day in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino, Maya Jagdeesh, 35, was being wheeled out of a room at the Fertility Institutes after undergoing an $18,000
Back-Alley Medicine?
In the garage of Ram Chaudhuri’s Santa Clara, Calif., home (not his real name), patients line up to seek medical care from the elderly machinist-turned-self-t
