by Abhishek Banerjee | Apr 2, 2013 | Desi Voices, Perspectives
A Supplementary Diet The cover article (“The Supplement Cocktail,” India Currents, March 2013)laments the lack of adequate Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations for food supplements and so-called nutraceutical supplements. However, since these supplements are...
by Teed Rockwell | Mar 17, 2013 | Entertainment, Music
The Web is now abuzz with the story of three teenage Kashmiri Muslim girls, who were forced to disband their newly popular rock band “Praagaash” because of threats and a fatwa issued by a local cleric. Their facebook page now has over three thousand “likes” from all...
by Teed Rockwell | Sep 17, 2012 | Entertainment, Music
Wikipedia relies on what is sometimes called the “Wisdom of Crowds” to enable conflicting opinions to gradually evolve into a consensus. Sometimes, however, that consensus fails to form, and Wikipedia creates what is called a talk page, where disagreements are hashed...
by Staff Writer | Aug 5, 2012 | Letters, Perspectives
Awaiting Justice Thank you for drawing attention to hate crimes and how they don’t get very far within the criminal justice system (India Currents, July 2012, Color of Justice).India Currents does a great job of reminding people to fight injustice and not be...
by Teed Rockwell | Jul 14, 2012 | Entertainment, Music
The Stanford University music department has 90 faculty members. Not surprisingly for a Silicon Valley school, there are 14 professors in the center for computer research in music and acoustics, many on loan from the engineering department. There are also six teachers...
