Life
An Indian Reunion
An estimated 30 million overseas Indians are spread all over the world, the second largest diaspora, according to the UNDP, after overseas Chinese, who are estimated to number more than 40 million.
Indian Fertilization
Victor Smetacek set out on a journey to Germany, which would bring him closer to his roots in India with the passage of time.
Are Rajasthani Celebrity Marriages Jinxed?
What’s with this place that causes celeb couples to embrace fatal attraction? Is it really a royal jinx for the glitterati, hypnotized by the color and romance of this amazing state, only to be doomed in their relationship?
Is Small the New Big in Bollywood?
The idiot screen overwhelms the idiot box, once the spot for cute, sweet, homely, intimate fare.
Queens of the Ganges
New York’s Jamaica Bay has become a sacred pilgrimage spot for Hindus in Queens. On Fridays and Sundays scores of Hindu devotees descend on the beaches of North Channel Bridge, as well as Ferry Point Park and Rockaways, from dawn to dusk to pray and cast offerings into the bay, which many liken to the sacred Indian river Ganges.
Igniting India’s Dating Scene
"Immediately, the sights, smells and sounds just hit you. I’ve done a lot of traveling in my life, [but] nothing really compared to the entirely different world that India is."
The Promised Land
For a glorious half century, India dominated international field hockey and Sansarpur was its secret weapon. The village of just 4,061 people has nurtured 300 national hockey players and produced more Olympic medalists per capita than any other place in the world.
Nutty Delights
Nuts contain carbohydrates, vitamins and a wide range of minerals. They are rich in high quality proteins, making them a good vegetarian substitute for meat.
Chasing the American Dream
Indian students flock to US for higher education. “An average student putting in 5-6 hours of work can’t get in a top Indian university without a miracle. USA has 4,000 odd universities with at least half of them being top notch.”
Well-Educated Raju Hermon Feels Raped by the Internet
"I feel like I have been robbed of everything, including my identity.... I am not seeking fame or notoriety.... I just want my life back."
Why Do India and Pakistan See America in Opposite Ways
"Give me a name, America, make of me a Buzz or Chip or Spike. Bathe me in amnesia and clothe me in your powerful unknowing."
India’s Beauty Brigade
From Sushmita Sen in the early 1990s to the latest 2011 winners, daughters of the Armed Forces seem to dominate Indian beauty pageants.
Wooing the Next Generation of Indian Academics
India has seen a huge emphasis on investment in education in recent years.
The End Of Everything
Our universe will end without a doubt and no underground bunker will be safe. But relax, the end time is billions or even trillions of years away.
A World Of Worlds
Fractal patterns have no beginning and end. The whole exists in parts and a part exists in the whole. The universe is in you and you are in the universe.
Searching For India
Wikipedia, the CIA and the U.S. State Department are the principal sources for a majority of people searching for information about India on the Web.
The Mystery Of The Ghost Particles
The most abundant fundamental particles are paradoxically the most elusive.
Nalanda The World’s First University
Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen reflects on Nalanda University’s contribution to propagating knowledge and understanding in ancient India.
The Genesis Of Genesis
The Big Bang is bound to happen again and again creating new universes and recycling old ones.
Freedom To Die
A writ petition against the Jain practice of fasting-unto-death could finally force the Indian judiciary’s hand on the legality of religious suicides.
Other Worlds
Our ceaseless search for other worlds centers on exoplanets, some of which might be tuned for life similar to our own.
I Heard The Crows Call For Rain
As scientific tools falter in predicting rain patterns, Indian scientists turn to the Vedas and traditional knowledge for some fine tuning.
A Light on Dark Matter
What we see comprises just 10 percent of our universe. We know nothing of the remaining 90 percent, except that it exercises gravitational pull on observable objects.
Biopiracy Killer App?
India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library believes it has found the silver bullet in the biopiracy wars. Critics say it is aiming at the wrong targets.
The Secret Life of the American Desi
The ABCD's - American Born Confused Desis - is a subculture expected to become the next batch of medical students, entrepreneurs and cancer-curing researchers for which Indian parents laid the foundation
Red Diapers in the Land of Red Chillies
Why America’s political thinkers and their ideas don’t travel very well.
Cosmic Parallels
Radical, new cosmological theories of multiverses, oscillating universe and the Big Bang have eerie parallels in Vedic cosmology.
The Itch To Stitch
Tailoring businesses like Raja Fashions and Mohan’s Custom Tailors outsourced long before outsourcing was cool.
