Is Identity Politics Passé in the Age of Globalization?
After spending a month in Catalonia, I returned to California in September even as the referendum took place there. Looking back, I marvel at my naiveté as I set off
November 10, 2017
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Is the Handmaid’s Tale a Feminist Track?
I have always had difficulty with Margaret Atwood’s writings, perhaps because her visions of the future are too dark. Listening to the audio version of The Blind Assassin, I got
September 11, 2017
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Are Indian Weddings Too Ostentatious?
I saw Monsoon Wedding, the new musical, with a group of Indian women friends recently. We laughed at familiar idiomatic expressions, translated, at times awkwardly, from Hindi into English. We
August 16, 2017
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Letter to Prime Minister Modi
Dear Mr. Modi: I am not your devotee, nor have I followed your career very assiduously. To tell you the truth, I am not even one of your citizens, having
July 2, 2017
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