At a memorial service for her children’s beloved math tutor, a mother meets a diverse community of parents whom the schools had failed, and who were moved by the gentle dedication of ‘Mr. Chips.’ Oakland, Calif.–He always arrived at our … Continue reading
Partnering with Pakistan to fight al Qaeda is like using the fox to guard the hen house, writes PNS contributor Sarita Sarvate, for Pakistani-born terrorism is behind the Kashmir crisis today. An independent state of Kashmir is one way out … Continue reading
Jubilation in India over the recent visit by Bill Gates contrasted with a singular ho-hum attitude about the Prime Minister’s trip to Washington. From the perspective of hundreds of millions of Indians who have never seen the inside of a … Continue reading
The once widespread hope that the United Nations represented the chance of a new and peaceful world order, has faded on in recent years. One possible reason is that the body is not representative but has a built-in bias, which … Continue reading
The flood of numbers that passes by our eyes every day often seem to blur more than they reveal. But one recently published statistic for one observer provides a window into a very unsettling reality about the treatment of women … Continue reading
The recent news-story about the 12-year-old girl who was impregnated by her 17-year-old brother, possibly through rape, once again brought home to me the inability of most Indians to deal with the subject of sex. The parents in this case … Continue reading
President Clinton’s trip to India should highlight how much in common Indians share with Americans — and how much America needs India rather than the other way around. Two objects, side by side on our living room wall, dominate my … Continue reading
Charges against a landlord and restaurant owner in Berkeley, California — including allegations that he imported young girls for sexual purposes — have been greeted with distress and outrage. The alleged behavior, writes PNS commentator Sarita Sarvate, reveals a great … Continue reading
Recent efforts to make it easier for people with high-tech skills to live and work in the United States are widely seen in terms of benefiting outsiders. But PNS commentator Sarita Sarvate disagrees: imported brains, she says, have played a … Continue reading
The gravest mistake Americans could make right now is to dismiss the need for a national soul-searching over our social mores as a whim of the religious right. Sarita Sarvate is a writer who was born and raised in India. … Continue reading