My initiation into baking was in the 70s, growing up in India. There were no electric or gas ovens and my mom made butter biscuits on a stove top. She used a heavy deep pan with sand at the bottom and a lid with a vent. A thin, greased aluminum plate held small rounds...
Transgender people, often spotted at weddings and births, have always held a distinctive place in Indian culture. Considered special, their blessings are sort at every momentous occasion. They are rewarded with a gift of money in exchange for their benediction. In the...
Roomy Khan lived in the affluent Atherton neighborhood of Silicon Valley where the roads are paved with gold and diamonds shimmer on stalks. Their red Bentley matched the titanium watch she bought her husband. Friends called her a day trader. She made a lot of...
The awe-inspiring views of New York City were stunning from every angle on that clear, clear day of blue skies and glittering buildings. I observed a family of Indian origin. While the parents posed for and clicked pictures perched atop the tallest building in...
Picture:www.tu.org blogpost California on Wednesday suspended the statewide 25 percent reduction in urban water use imposed last April. Local communities can now set their own conservation standards. After a relatively wet winter and a year of enormous savings...
These days the language used to communicate via cell phone and text is so far from the correct English we were taught. Mona Chalabi argues that those who correct others’ language are clinging to conventions that are unimportant. Grammar snobs are patronising,...
