by Bela Desai | Jun 11, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, People, Profiles
Vruksh ma bij Tu, Bij ma vruksh Tu, Jou patantaro e ja paase. You are the seed within a tree, You are the tree within a seed If I look for distinctions, then that is all I will see. Narsinh Mehta was a 15th century poet-saint and exponent of Bhakti (worship) form of...
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 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...
