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 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 Ritu Marwah | Mar 25, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Profiles
Mr. Patil pulled out his cycle and called out to his three-year-old son. “Suhas! Let’s go!” he said as he picked up the toddler and thrust his small legs through the metal seat strapped to the front of his cycle. Furiously pedaling towards the maidan, Mr. Patil, an...
by Mona Shah | Feb 19, 2019 | Cover Story, Profiles
With more than forty films in her rich and lengthy resumé, Nandita Das can rightfully claim the status of a bona fide Indian and global film star and bask in the warm glow of klieg lights and the heady aura of celebrity. As the translation of her name from...
by Nirupama V. | Feb 11, 2019 | Cover Story, Profiles
Noted environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva is in the Bay Area – she spoke at Berkeley this evening, and will be speaking at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts tomorrow evening. Details are given...
by Nirupama V. | Dec 14, 2018 | Music, People
We’ve all heard the saying – music is truly universal. But, how many musicians can truly claim to “know” and “feel” the truth of this statement? Meet Vasundhara Gupta, young musician and sound designer from the Berklee School of Music in Boston – “...
