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...
by Nirupama V. | Apr 23, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Lifestyle
The novel The Bridge Home by Padma Venkataraman has just won the Global Read Aloud prize for middle grade readers. I wanted to learn more about the award winning author, her work and the motivations that she brings to her writing. I started the conversation by sharing...
by Shikha Malaviya | Apr 16, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Lifestyle
Monsoon on the Fingers of God by Sasenarine Persaud, (Mawenzi House, 2018) When one thinks of Indian poetry in English, the first names to pop up are Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel prize in literature in 1913 for his “profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful...
by Ritu Marwah | Apr 9, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Lifestyle, Travel
Fine Kentucky bourbon never overwhelms you with its history, but instead entertains you with a lifetime of colorful stories, says the manager of Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville. Louisville, called Looavul, Luhvul, Louevill, Looeyville depending on who is...
