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Bridge Building Between Arts and Sciences
How is higher education in United States going to look like a decade from now? The educational system is going to face some radical changes as any other profit or non profit sector with this rapid...
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Important and Effective
In David W. Boles‘ article Competitive Anger and the Rising Insult we talked about many things in the comments area from Road Rage to People Who Keep Score to the Civil War to Economic and Spiritual...
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Football, Soccer and One Day Cricket
I was recently watching a football game on television. A player was running freely with the ball towards the opponent’s court, without being stopped violently. This freestyle running was a very...
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Of Cats and Colleges
“C” as in “Cat.” That’s how I was introduced to the English alphabet when I was a kid living in India: Two curious glittering eyes protruding from a bundle of fur had a whole new meaning for me! But I...
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Unlearning the Midwest in India
I still remember the day I landed at the Minneapolis airport three years ago and I went into a time machine where I felt unfamiliar and out-of-place but not uncomfortable or unwelcome. The polite cab...
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A Boy, a Macaca and a Monkey Walk into a Bar…
The recent race feud between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton basically calling Obama a “boy” and the Senator Macaca mess — all reminded me of the Indian cricketer being accused for...
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Bollywood Meets Pretty Woman
I was pleasantly surprised while watching movie “Inside Man” as it started with a famous Bollywood song directed by A R Rahman. I found this phenomenon pretty interesting and believed that “music” has...
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White Lies Beneath
How white are your lies? Do you ever tell any? Do you think you are unbeatable with them — those tiny fibs you need to sail through so-called civilized society — but do they harm anyone given life from...
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Indian Monsoon Memories
I almost forgot how it felt to get completely drenched in a downpour after suffering in a scorching heat for three months. I remembered it yesterday as I got soaked in an early June thunderstorm last...
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Risking Secularism in the Midst of Religious Killings
On 14th. Sep’08, Delhi was hit by a serial blast killing 30 people and injuring 90 others. On 26th. July’08, Ahmedabad was hit by a similar kind of serial blasts, taking lives of 60 people and leaving...
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Withering Hands
These hands. Strong and powerful. Soothing and gentle. As if these embody a complete character, the whole persona. A person engrossed in her life, fulfilling its duties religiously. Duties as a...
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Eight Below for the Eighth Time
Last night I was watching “Eight Below” again – probably for the eighth time in last two years. Paul Walker rightly summed up “Eight Below” by saying, “If you’re a dog lover, you’ll get it. If not, you...
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Celebrating Puja in Kolkata
I witnessed “Durgapuja” aka “Puja” in Kolkata last October straight after 4 years. Puja, for those who are not familiar with the term, is the biggest Hindu festival of Eastern part of India, Kolkata...
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Relearning English in the USA
I was pretty confident about my language skill when I came to the USA in 2004 from India, but it took a nose-dive within 20 minutes of my landing there. It was amazing to hear the responses for all the...
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Global Warming and Amarnath
Amarnath temple is one of the most popular pilgrimage destinations in India and also incredibly picturesque. The beauty is breathtaking but the five days journey of approximately 40 miles back and...
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An Indian Girl Finds a Hero in Tintin
I grew up in India reading Tintin. If you are a die hard fan of Tintin like me, you probably started scratching your head — when on earth “Tintin” was in India? He wasn’t. The closest Tintin came to...
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On Being Clever
I am sure the word “clever” is insulting and derogatory to some people — they would “rather be good“ than be clever. I was one of them until I read this, mostly because “being good” sounded more...
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How the British Created an Indian Holocaust
We all know Hitler caused the biggest genocide on earth; he eliminated approximately six million Jews and half a million Gypsies. The Holocaust is the most widely known and despised event in world...
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The Goddamned American
How many times you have answered the following questionnaire while completing a regular survey in your lifetime without even thinking much about it? I recently came across the following comment while...
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