Commentary
Turn of the Turds
Scholars have a professional obligation to engage dissenters, just as their critics are obligated to unequivocally deplore threats against those with whom they disagree.
Have No Faith
A new book on Mother Teresa, the global icon of faith and service to God, reveals that she was privately tormented for decades, perhaps until
Imagine
Imagine. You are giving up your overseas residence and pass along your cell phone’s SIM card with some unused minutes to a friend, possibly a
Dual Citizenship Striptease
Even green card holders in the US enjoy more rights and privileges than holders of Overseas Indian Citizen cards do in India.
Immigration Deform
Since 2000, India has been the second largest source of immigrants to the United States, after only Mexico. You would not know that from the
A Glance Away
Within hours of the terrible tragedy at Virginia Tech University, long before Cho Seung-Hui's identity became known, word was out on the street, blogs and
Ungentlemanly Conduct
The pain, disappointment and anger that fans in the sub-continent feel in the aftermath of the disastrous performance of their teams is understandable. The violent reaction is not.
Not Making History
The baton is preparing to pass to a new generation of Indian Americans born in the USA.
Hear This! The Silence Of Sounds.
We have deadened our sense of hearing and created walls of sound to overcome the fright of singularity that we had never known in the land of our birth.
Heading for the Bush
It's time Americans rise up to reclaim their freedoms and courage from the hands of a president whose instinctive reaction in a crisis was to race for the bush.
The False Choice
Americans may be ready to lighten their burden by casting off the iron heel of the police state the Bush regime has rested upon a once proudly free people.
Top 10 Reasons Why We Are Unmarried
Dear Parents, We know that our unmarried status generates its own trauma even beyond our respective communities. Accordingly, we feel compelled to tell you right
Reality President
Bush's adventures in simple syntactical structures and challenges to logical thinking.
Long Awaited New Year's Gift
Dual citizenship for overseas Indians has finally arrived. As we went to press at the close of this year came the heartening news that the
The Asian Century
It is left to India and China, who have in the past, frittered away their most creative energies in wars and conflicts to rise above
Outsourcing Angst
Outsourcing to India is the stuff of political football this presidential election cycle.
Naked In The Bush
The sheer incompetence of the Bush administration in the war on terror now stands exposed. It's time for Americans to elect a new chief. The
Defying the Imagination
The 9/11 commission report establishes the extraordinary incompetence and ineptitude of the Bush administration.
Citizenship Striptease
Union Minister of State for Non Resident Indian Affairs Jagdish Tytler announced in early August that dual citizenship registration would begin this September. If that is
Bury Bush In A Landslide
Pres. George W. Bush's political handlers have apparently struck upon an agenda for his next term. It is difficult not to snicker. It is patently
How Osama Won the War on Terror
Bush is implicitly conceding victory to Al Qaeda by constantly invoking the fear of terrorists in his presidential campaign.
Fool's Gold
The promise of dual citizenship was nothing short of calculated political deception by the Indian government. Overseas Indians who have been anxiously awaiting the introduction of
Green Card Blues
What's that space between a green card and citizenship?
Swan Song
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the war in Iraq, which the conservative establishment projected as harbingers of the new American century, may ironically
Nice Concept, Lousy Taste
The encounter with America has transformed us, whether we want it, or like it, or know it.
Left Out Hypocrisy
If they weren't so hypocritical, left-wing Indian immigrant groups would have been out protesting the U.S. government's action instead of abetting it in railroading Narendra
Money And Politics
The Indian American community is stolidly Democratic, an exit poll finds, debunking developing conventional wisdom in Republican circles. The media, both Indian and mainstream, lapped
Keep On Thumping
The resounding thumping the Republican Party received in the recent elections comes as a welcome relief to a long nightmare and renews confidence in the
The Intimate Stranger
For the first time, the vast majority of Indian Americans were either born in the United States or have lived here for 20 years or
