Amar, Akbar, Anthony – We are all the same

by Nirupama V. | Jan 31, 2018 | Award Winning, Politics

Kevin Yoder, Republican Congressman has invited Sunayana Damala to attend the State of the Union address by President Trump this evening. His Twitter message reads, “I asked Sunayana to be my guest as a recognition for her tireless efforts to promote peace, and...

Be A Man

by Nirupama | Nov 2, 2017 | Award Winning, Editorial

Males and the power they exercised in the last election cycle continues to be discussed. Male sexual impropriety in the fields of technology, Hollywood and television are hard to miss. Discussions of the actions of men seem to be all around us. Something that rarely...

Creating Beta Clones

by Kalpana M. | Oct 15, 2017 | Award Winning, Desi Lens

At the time I got the news about the new indulgences of parents, I was drinking a nice cup of ginger chai which shot up my nose and burned my nasal passages. I’d just learned that many Indian-American parents had begun hiring college counselors the summer after their...

Dare to Speak Up?

by Jaya Padmanabhan | May 2, 2017 | Award Winning, Cover Story

A REPORT ON HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH NOW On March 19, 2017, Shivani Aggarwal decided to make a Costco run to pick up supplies for her son’s birthday party planned for later that day. She had just about finished and was headed to the checkout counter when a cart...

Trump is Right: Democrats’ Political Correctness Is To Blame

by Sarita Sarvate | Mar 12, 2017 | Award Winning, Last Word

I   was at my weekly watercolor class when, across the table, a woman said, “I don’t even know anyone who voted for Trump.” “I do,” I replied. I wasn’t kidding. My Chinese Dietician, an educated woman, voted for Trump. Many Filipinos I know also did. Some friends of...

Are You One of Those?

by Jaya Padmanabhan | Mar 2, 2015 | Award Winning, Editorial, Features

Late one snowy evening, three girls and three boys were sitting in a New York dorm room casually conversing over insomnia cookies. All was cozy till the boys, in a burst of camaraderie, began to share what parts of the female anatomy they preferred. One of the girls...