by Saumya Balasubramanian | Nov 4, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features
Wrinkled brows, scorching cuts and decisive strokes greeted me as I went upstairs a few days before Diwali. We have to get started on our Halloween decorations, said the daughter cutting out a spider. The toddler son was lying on his stomach on the floor, helping his...
by Monita Soni | Oct 28, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features
At the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Frist Museum of Art in Nashville, a pair of dark eyes followed me. The exhibition displayed an expressive vista of twentieth-century Mexican art by Frida Kahlo, her husband Diego Rivera, and many others. More haunting than the...
by Nirupama V. | Oct 27, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Features
Chitra Divakaruni Banerjee’s book The Forest of Enchantments is a retelling of the Ramayana with Sita at the center of the tale. The plot of the epic tale – a living, breathing organic story that looms large over the collective Indian mind has as its main tenet...
by Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney | Oct 19, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Profiles
I work as a Simultaneous Interpreter (contractor) for the International Visitor Leadership Program in the US State Department. I interpret in Kannada and Telugu, speaking at the same time, using headphones. Language is a challenge when interpreting colloquialisms and...
by Staff Writer | Sep 27, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Event Previews, Not For Profit
Sankara Eye Foundation has a message for you: SEF Dandia is here! SEF’s mission to eradicate curable blindness is funded by various fundraisers organized throughout the year. One of those, the flagship SEF Dandia event, is a multicultural extravaganza celebrating the...
by Preeti Hay | Sep 9, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features
Summer in the South East lingers on like an old friend. Fall waits patiently to move in. Winter is a distant dream in books about Christmas, and long days are still a tangible reality. While others around me await cooler weather, I rejoice holding on to every balmy...
