Juneteenth Isn’t Enough: How Indian-Americans Can Use Their Pasts to Help Another Present
Though empires abolished slavery in the Caribbean islands during the 1830s, their move to the model of indentured servitude wasn’t much better. From 1838 to 1
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My Annual Pilgrimage to Shanti Ashrama in San Antonio Valley
I have been making a trip to the Shanti Ashrama every year on the last Saturday of April for nearly 15 years now. Vedanta Society of Northern California organ
Quest of a Modern Day Yogi in America
Come walk with me I’ve been revisiting the rich teachings and wisdom of my Vedic heritage as I traverse my golden years. Examining them through the lens of th
Graduates Learn The Perfect Lesson In A Pandemic – Life Is Always An Imperfect Experiment
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience. The world today may seem uncertain and scary but that is how it has a
From BLM to Colorism: Racism Rears Its Head in Many Forms
In 2018, when Prince Harry married Meghan Markle, the world watched with awe. The event was a royal departure from the expected for Markle, an American actress.
Firewood: Processing COVID in India From Afar
I was fully vaccinated in March 2021. In the third week of April, I was planning to fly to India to check on my mother and extended family. My sister was in lin
Kala Bagai Way: The First Street In the US Named After a Historic Indian American Woman
When Kalai Bagai first arrived in San Francisco on September 6th, 1915 with her husband Vaishno and three sons, local newspapers flocked to cover the story of t
A Welcome of Sorts: Stranger In a Strange Land
From April till September 1976, I worked at Newcastle General Hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. I was a Senior House Officer, the lowest on the totem po
Letters to the Editor: Boost Your Immune Response to COVID
Dear India Currents, It appears Covid-19 will be with us for a while, and so it makes sense that we prepare ourselves to fight off the virus as best as we can.
I Walk With My ForeMothers When I Wear My Streedhan
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience On Mother’s Day, as on all others, I was thinking of my mother and g
My Mother Shines Through Her Paintings
The most valuable painting in my art collection is one of my mother’s masterpieces. My mother, Kaushal Kapur, was born in Sikar district of Rajasthan. The cit
My Mother Kept Her Promise
Like many of us, one of my biggest fears was always that of losing my mother. Life without her was not conceivable. When I was a little girl, and I was expo
