by Rasana Atreya | May 21, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features, Not For Profit, Voices
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham, is in the San Francisco Bay Area for a conference at Stanford on global poverty. I met Dr. Banerji in San Jose during her visit. First, a few facts about Pratham: Pratham started off as an MIT-funded research project in the slums...
by L Iyengar | May 21, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story
Mindy Kaling, the famous actor-producer in the hit series – The Office – stated on Twitter “I just signed up! All my fellow South Asians, let’s make a difference here – it’s so easy, and one day it could be you or someone you love.” She was referring...
by Kalpana Asok | May 14, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story, Features
Making the decision to seek mental health services is a tough one within the South Asian immigrant community. This book – Whose Baby Is It Anyway? Inside the Indian Heart by therapist and writer Kalpana Asok lays bare cultural nuances that make this process less...
by Jaya Padmanabhan | May 14, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features
Water conservation and recycling efforts are needed as Colorado River water levels drop Even at a time when the California snowpack is 161% of the historical average for April, water experts are concerned about water optimization, usage, storage and conservation....
by Alakananda Mookerjee | May 12, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features, People
Raised in and out of India, I don’t remember reading too many Enid Blyton novels—barring those from the Noddy series. I knew, though, they were all the rage among girls—mostly girls. They’d spend hours reading them and like fish in a school, prattle over what they’d...
by Rajeev Singh | Apr 15, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story
On April 10th, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign for President announced that it has surpassed the threshold of 65,000 unique donors required to join the Democratic debates. Gabbard’s campaign is building momentum with supporters from every state in the nation,...
