by Staff Writer | Jun 4, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Views
India Currents intern shares her expectations and experiences about her internship at India Currents this year. _______.
by Monita Soni | Jun 4, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Reflections, Voices
Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck. Chitra Divakaruni Entering the Indian restaurant on Jordan Lane on a...
by Sarita S. | May 28, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Opinion, Voices
My faith in the publishing industry began to erode the day I read Gone Girl, a book hyped as the thriller of the century, not to mention a feminist manifesto. With its violent, sadistic, and unbelievable narrator, was this the best American literature had to offer?...
by Kanchan Naik | May 28, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Views, Youth
“Dekhiye,” snaps Kajol, staring fiercely into Shah Rukh’s playful gaze. “Please leave me alone.” Her words are powerful, and her message is clear. It’s a warning sign, one as clear as crystal and firm as stone. Yet her words are accompanied with the romantic...
by Rasana Atreya | May 21, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features, Not For Profit, Voices
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham, is in the San Francisco Bay Area for a conference at Stanford on global poverty. I met Dr. Banerji in San Jose during her visit. First, a few facts about Pratham: Pratham started off in the slums of Mumbai, 1995. The educational...
by Nandini Patwardhan | May 7, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Reflections, Views
I grew up during the 1960s in Mumbai. I lived with my parents, two siblings and my maternal grandparents. Our home was small — four rooms, each ten feet square, in a chawl tenement. The living room doubled as a bedroom at night. The home was too small for...
