by Vibha Akkaraju | Aug 12, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story
Wasia Jan was six years old when her father was killed in the India-Pakistan border conflict. The year was 1999. He was a tailor and had never been involved with the military, though his brother had been in the army, and Jan thinks that this may have had something to...
by Nandini Patwardhan | Aug 2, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story
Recently, I read an article in Yoga Journal magazine titled “What’s the Difference Between Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation?” It set me thinking deeply about the concept of cultural appropriation. The same topic had been brought up when...
by Staff Writer | Jul 23, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story
In a multicultural society, your coworkers are drawn from various religious faiths. In this time of increased polarization, understanding can only be achieved through knowledge about those who are different from us. How much do you know about Christianity, Islam,...
by Anupama R. Oza and Dr. Rajesh C. Oza | Jul 22, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Cover Story
M-U-N-I-F-I-C-E-N-T: (mu·nif·i·cent) very liberal in giving or bestowing During her childhood, one of the authors of this review received a Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary. While seemingly a simple gift of one book, it was actually a munificent presentation of more...
by L Iyengar | Jul 11, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story, Health & Wellness, Healthy Life
Thinking and writing about the complexity of mental health issues has jogged several memories. When I was in graduate school a fellow student tried to take his own life. He had a brilliant academic record, was doing well at school, and was Indian. Fortunately, a...
by L Iyengar | Jun 11, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story, Features, Heritage Arts
It was 627 A.D. when Hsuan-Tsang, a Buddhist monk, left China under the cover of night and headed westward, to seek out original Buddhist texts and teachings. He was dissatisfied with the contradictions that he found in several schools of Buddhism extant in China at...
