I don’t know why people have such a need for forming cliques. Perhaps it is human to want to belong to a group. Perhaps some of us can’t shed our tribal heritage. Unfortunately, in the modern world, the tribe thrives, … Continue reading
Even though Shangri-La has become an idiom for utopia and an advertising slogan in the Western world, it originated in James Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon, in which he describes a valley deep within Himalayan peaks, where, in a monastery … Continue reading
When Americans try something new, they act as if no one else in the whole wide world has ever thought of it before. So a guy named Michael Pollan has written a book about eating organic, in which he discusses … Continue reading
The contract was signed nine years ago, the book due in 2000, but never has Gloria Steinem stopped to sit down and write it. So many other things needed her attention. Elections. Organizing. And, sadly, the illness and death in … Continue reading
At the outset, I must confess one thing; I love mysteries. Many of my literary friends consider mystery a genre deserving the label of trash. But I love a good whodunit. I love the suspense, the passion gone awry, the … Continue reading
Textbooks are becoming vehicles for political propaganda It was when I was helping my older son with his middle-school homework that I first came across a tome titled A Message of Ancient Days. So I read about Mesopotamia and the … Continue reading
Published by New America Media A recent study published in the British medical journal Lancet claims that about half-a-million girl babies are aborted in India every year. In this study Canadian and Indian researchers, who collaborated on a national survey … Continue reading
Many immigrants like me find it hard to believe that America, home to some of the world’s greatest scientists like Albert Einstein and Linus Pauling, has once again been questioning the science of evolution. Like most Indian children of the … Continue reading
My childhood memories of Nagpur are marked only by festivals. The onset of monsoon rains heralded Bhulabai, or little Goddess. It was the first festival to dawn on my consciousness, perhaps because it was the one reserved exclusively for girls. … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Limited resources, disorganized governmental response and apathy toward Mother Nature’s victims sound familiar to an Indian American. The U.S. must recognize Third World conditions within its borders. SAN JOSE, Calif.–When I first came here from India nearly 30 … Continue reading