by Zo Newell | Oct 21, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Voices
My childhood teacher Rammurti Mishra was, both, a yogi and a Western-trained psychiatrist. He liked to tell traditional stories like the Ramayana from a psychological perspective. He encouraged us to think of the characters and events as if they were parts of...
by Ruchi Kolla | Oct 14, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Opinion
I did not believe that I would live to see the day when my family could rightfully return home to Kashmir. Article 370 being revoked in Kashmir on Aug 5 2019, is one of the best decisions by the Govt of India to restore secularism in Kashmir, a land whose demography...
by Ritu Marwah | Oct 10, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Views
I answered the call from an unfamiliar phone number. The voice at the other end threatened to turn the lights off on me for 5 to 7 days. I thought it was a hoax. Then it sent me an email saying the same thing. I peered at the address looking for fraud. My husband...
by Melanie P. Kumar | Sep 29, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Opinion
The voice of intuition is often overruled by the voice of reason, leaving one with a sense of regret. When Sonia Gandhi turned down the offer to become Prime Minister in UPA 1 in 2004 and attributed her decision to an “inner voice,” there was a sense of relief at her...
by Ashwin Murthy | Sep 22, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Opinion
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States to join President Trump to address a gathering of over 50,000 Indian Americans is an opportunity to not only strengthen the ties between the oldest and the largest democracy, but also to pressure the...
by Sarita S. | Sep 22, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Voices
It is said that we are currently living in the era of ‘Peak TV’ – as in ‘peak oil’, a concept developed in the 1950’s by industry experts who predicted that the production of petroleum would peak around 1970, after which the world economy...
