by Staff Writer | Jan 20, 2020 | Articles, Heritage Arts
Chandni Bhatia’s debut, My First Hindi Book, teaches the basics of India’s beloved national language in a fun, approachable way. The book covers concepts ranging from colors, animals, and numbers in Hindi and English — a perfect way to introduce our...
by Rama Vasudevan | Jan 13, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Features, Not For Profit
The numbers are staggering, the pictures downright terrifying. More than two dozen lives have been lost, hundreds of properties destroyed, half a billion animals have perished, and more than twelve million acres have been burned in the ongoing Australian bushfire...
by Staff Writer | Jan 12, 2020 | Articles, Culture
A notable cultural event of the SF Bay Area, the 22nd San Francisco Independent Film Festival features poignant and evocative content. From clever gangster dramas to social dystopias to dark comedies, the myriad of Asian films presented at this event provide a...
by Staff Writer | Jan 12, 2020 | Articles, Culture
With her latest film Chhapaak, Deepika Padukone addresses vitriolage, shatters gender stereotypes, and attacks modern-day misogyny. Malti (Deepika Padukone) was attacked with acid on a street in New Delhi, in 2005. Through her story, the film makes an attempt to...
by Khalil Abdullah | Jan 12, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Community
PHOENIX, AZ. — In the conference room of the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center, a chair sat empty at a recent convening of community media and stakeholders to promote Arizona’s 2020 census. Lizbeth Luna, regional director for NALEO’s Arizona census...
by Pramila Venkateswaran | Jan 12, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Books, Lifestyle
Beginning Karmic Chanting with an epigraph about temporality is apt, as Sonnet Mondal attempts to capture in his book his fleeting insights about the world and human experiences. In the chiseled cadences of his lyrical poetry, the ephemeral is imaged as “the skyline...
