by Nirupama | Jul 9, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Books, Entertainment
Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel – The Far Field – is many things all at once. A tale that spans from Bangalore to Kashmir, a tale that hints at the dark clouds of mental illness, of love lost and unrequited and the protagonist’s attempt to be honest about her...
by Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff | Jul 9, 2019 | Food, Lifestyle
Kale, an extremely nutritious leafy green vegetable, is a part of the cabbage family. The impressive profile of kale lists many important nutrients. One cup of cooked kale contains over 300% Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of vitamin A, almost 100% RDA of vitamin...
by Neha Kirpal | Jul 2, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books
“That was the age of inkwells and penholders with nibs that could be replaced. The fountain pen had only recently been invented, and it made quite a mess; biros, or ballpoint pens, were still in the future. What an antiquated lot we were! But then, Dickens wrote all...
by Kalyani Deshpande | May 21, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Lifestyle
A couple of years ago, my book club read Soniah Kamal’s first novel, An Isolated Incident. We were lucky to spend a lovely afternoon with the Atlanta-based author, drinking chai and discussing the book’s themes of love and terrorism, the characters’ motivations, the...
by Neha Kirpal | May 7, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Travel
The recent horrific Easter bomb blasts in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka reminded me of my trip to this peaceful, serene island nation barely a month prior to the devastating incident. My husband and I had long wanted to visit Sri Lanka, and here we were finally...
by Nirupama V. | May 7, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Education
If you thought that today’s girls need encouragement and mentorship to pursue engineering in America, imagine the situation when women pursued the study of engineering decades ago in India. A new book – Roots and Wings – written by Dr. Shantha Mohan...
