by Sara Singh | Jan 20, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Features, Not For Profit, Profiles
As we look back on this past decade of rapid and polarizing social change in the USA, its end has been defined by political upheaval, the #MeToo reckoning, and climate change controversies. In spite of climate change deniers and the defanged EPA, we saw progress with...
by Rama Vasudevan | Jan 13, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Features, Not For Profit
The numbers are staggering, the pictures downright terrifying. More than two dozen lives have been lost, hundreds of properties destroyed, half a billion animals have perished, and more than twelve million acres have been burned in the ongoing Australian bushfire...
by Gita Gopal | Jan 6, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Features, Not For Profit, Profiles, Voices
I was 38 when I adopted my daughter Richa in 1997. Richa’s birth mother was 18 when she gave her up in 1996. I have often thought about the loss this woman (child, really) must have experienced, and have felt so much compassion for her situation and gratitude for her...
by Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney | Jan 5, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Profiles
Aarti Shahani is a household name with NPR junkies as the Silicon Valley correspondent who reports on how technology affects both the economy and human relationships. What many are discovering in her newly published, eye opening memoir “Here We Are,” is how Aarti...
by Staff Writer | Dec 3, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Community, Not For Profit
India Currents readership keeps increasing but advertising revenues are falling fast. Unlike many news organizations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. Our independent,...
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...
