A Magical Pandemic Journey of a 10-Year-Old Indian American Author
A child’s creativity has no bounds and holidays are the perfect time to explore their inquisitiveness. Once their imagination attains wings, it’s a magical
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Zilka Joseph’s ‘Sparrows and Dust’ is a Heavy Read, But She Makes it Fly
I don’t know the color of a hummingbird’s throat. But when Zilka Joseph brings alive the “green-steel warrior”, I feel as though I’ve recognized the c
Gujarati Caves Embellished With Buddhist Architecture Are a Marvel of Craftsmanship
The Cultured Traveler – A column exploring the many miles of what South Asia has to offer. Caves have always fascinated me. With their texture and architectur
Damyanti Biswas’ Book Pulls From Her Work With ‘Project Why’
“I follow words and lines and voices and come to discover the characters, and they take me on their journey,” author Damyanti Biswas tells IC. Damyanti Bisw
V For Vaccine: South Asians Educate Early
One of the hottest ‘V’ words that has the entire world talking about them these days is vaccines. Either someone has recently taken them, is taking them, or
Indian Summer Grill And Chill Recipes
Dig-In Meals – A column highlighting Indian spices in recipes that take traditional Indian food and add a western twist! Summer is here and that means we’r
Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Pieces of Missing History
“To memorialize, to remember, to sear it in our hearts so we never go down that path again. You think the schizophrenic Indo-Pak dynamic of love-hate-war-peac
Migration, Belonging, Pandemic: Kitaab’s Anthology Has It All
As a humble writer and avid reader of fiction, I’m always in awe of the short story. While on one level the short story is challenged by its need for brevity,
Dhokra Art is a Sustainable Tribal Legacy
The Cultured Traveler – A column exploring the many miles of what South Asia has to offer. When we talk about Mohenjo-Daro, immediately the famous statue of t
Third Eye Rising: A Pantheon of Displacement Stories
Some 15 years ago I wrote in these pages a review titled “An Omnibus Repast of the Century Past.” Yes, in those distant days, our faithful magazine was pr
Historical Mysteries of 1921 in India Resonate a Century Later
Oxford-educated Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female solicitor, is a clever, spirited young woman working for her father’s respected law firm in 1921 Bomba
Losing Your Sense of Time While Reading Anu Kumar’s Newest Book
Anuradha Kumar is a writer who has already produced a variety of works. Born in India and currently, residing in New Jersey, she contributes to the Indian publi
