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...
by Sujata Srinivasan | Jun 4, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features, People
New York-based pianist Charu Suri’s debut album Lollipops for Breakfast is a sugary concoction of the whimsical and playful, daring and irreverent, soulful and authentic. If you were walking down the street with an iPod plugged in your ear, the title composition...
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 in the slums of Mumbai, 1995. The educational...
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....
