Mountaineering With a Poetic Interlude
Poetry as Sanctuary – A column where we explore poetry as a means of expression for voices of the South Asian Diaspora. (Featured Image: Lalit Kumar skydivin
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The Boy Who Loved Vasant Panchami
The year was 1940. It was Magha in the Hindu lunar calendar. The Sun God was in Uttarayana. The Devas were offering their morning prayers. The portal to Heaven
What Women in STEM Need
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience. As I mark an important milestone in my scientific career, I notice tha
Covid-19 Blues: Was It Love or Lust?
Based on a true story... After a really long time, I fell in love with my mirror. When I stood in front of it yesterday in my black top, I saw a radiant and gor
The Sweet Devil In Me
7:30 pm is here and dinner is done, dishwasher loaded, floor mopped, air freshener sprayed. The sign is up: Kitchen Closed! Time for my evening walk - jacket, l
California Nani: A Video a Day Keeps The Doctors Away
In the pandemic of 2020, when the world went into lockdown, one Indian lady who is above 80 years of age, engaged herself in making videos on Indian culture, my
The Good and Bad of Living as an NRI
From Surabhi’s Notepad – A column that brings us personal essays and stories, frivolous and serious, inspired by real-life events and encounters of navigat
The Queue: A Story About Loud Music & (Un)civility
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience My article on cancel culture was published a couple of months back. It
Of Sesame and Jaggery, A Friendly Tilgool
Arriving in a new country can burden a person with a new set of expectations. The burden of assimilating in a new culture, while maintaining old traditions come
Gandhi’s Swadeshi & A Dream of Self-Sufficiency
Swadeshi in Mahatma Gandhi’s thinking is a moral value and a practice in socio-economics and intrinsically linked to svarāj (self-rule), satyāgraha (truth-f
A Story of Luck and Luster
Not a ray of hope, but a mountain of light emerged from the Kohinoor. A dazzling rock carved out from the Golconda mines. A mighty jewel for an emperor’s crow
The Miracle of Christmas
Growing up Hindu in cosmopolitan Bombay, I looked forward to Christmas with a sigh of relief. Christmas for us did not have the bearings and pressures of other
