Commentary
The Indian Thing To Do
Finally, the little Indian girl inside me was free to live her life in her own way, not that of her parents or her husband.
After The Music Stops
Barack Obama’s first task must be to open up the secret files of the Bush administration, so that no future president ever dare engage in such heinous atrocities again.
Reinventing For Bad Times
Unbridled capitalism, championed by Wall Street and the Republican Party, has collapsedas decisively as the autocratic socialist Soviet State did 17 years earlier.Welcome To My World
The bright side of outsourcing.
A Latte To Think About
To my mind, the one big casualty of the credit card era is the word “afford.”
Displacement
I wonder what it must be like for my parents to consider setting up roots in a completely alien culture with no social network.
Love ... IN THE TIME OF TSUNAMI!
The troubled state of ishq, pyar, mohabbat and bhalobashi in these consumer-driven times)
Kurti And The Pretty Floral Bag
A black Hervé Chapelier tote bag complements any salwar kameez wonderfully.
Veggie Bugger
I was ridiculed in school for wearing a red dot, Madonna made "bindis" a fashion statement.
Notes on ABCD
We waver in limbo, looking for anything or anyone - Kal Penn, Padma Laxmi, Freddie Mercury, Apu - who can give us a clue to who we are.
India's Trust Vote. Midsummer's Dark Day
A dented Manmohan Singh government survives.
Prisoners Of Race
I encounter bigotry and prejudice all too frequently among my Indian American family members.
Passages Of Life, Place And Time
We took risks, we did crazy things; we pretty much did what we liked.
Auto Class Struggle
Car accidents are a metaphor for our life in society.
The Most Beautiful Woman In The World
When I see the way Naina looks at me i am reminded of the way i still look at my mother.
The Immigration Solution
By 2025, possibly even earlier, foreign born Americans will account for 15 percent of the population.
American Theater
Callousness is the hallmark of Bush's foreign policy and incompetence an abiding principle.
