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McCarthyism Redux
All minorities and religious groups should be affronted and alarmed by these reckless and unfounded accusations against decent and honorableAmericans who happen to be Muslims.
Hold the Shloka
World’s only Sanskrit daily holds out against the odds.
Globalizing the Indian Diet
The 21st century Indian professional is a global citizen. Well read, well travelled and yes, well fed! She knows her blue cheese from a feta, pita bread from a naan, dim sum from a momo. These up-worldly mobile Indians do not shy away from asking for New World Wines with specific harvesting years nor are they insensitive to subtle flavors like truffle oil, asparagus foam or recognizing the robust overtones of a genuine Thai bird eye chilli and galangal.
Gurdwaras Go Hi Tech
From translation screens to air conditioning,gurdwaras are embracing technology.
No Place to Die
“The problem is reaching an alarming level. Unless the government intervenes and provides land for new burial grounds the issue can’t be solved.”
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Serial Blasts Rock Oxford of the East
Of the 40,000 international students pursuing education in India, nearly half are studying in colleges in Pune.
Indian Designer Baby Factory
“Earlier it was a form of colonization, but now studies show the numbers are divided equally — 50 percent of surrogate babies are born to rich Indian parents and 50 percent to foreigners by Indian surrogates.”
Tuning In to Tune Out
Music is the essential stressbuster for many Bollywood stars, trying to cope with erratic shooting schedules, hectic travel and long hours under the arclights, not to mention the unrelenting paparazzi gaze.
The Skinny on Ash’s Fat
Aishwarya’s figure is cause for global distress. The querry “Aishwarya figure”throws up over 4 million results on google.
The Last Indian Village
Chitkul enjoys the distinction of being the last inhabited Indian village along the border.
Branding a Homemade Indian Staple
Global Yogurt Franchises Attempt to Brand a Homemade Indian Staple
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Let's Celebrate Liars
Xavier Alvarez is one in a continuing line of outcasts -- anarchists, Communists, flag burners, racists, fringe religious and political fanatics -- to whom we owe an eternal debt of gratitude for keeping the embers of free speech alive.
Lone Gray Wolf: Black & White’s Last Stand
The scene is a sidewalk just beyond the rather overdone Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, and the camera in question is less instrument, more living fossil — built by the Carl Zeiss company in 1860, it is nearly three times as old as independent India.
Are Writers Performers
In a world awash with new tools for communication and engagement, the symbolism, mystique and magic of anonymity, however seductive, is losing ground to new anthems celebrating the spirit of contact, connection and interaction.
Is the Sheen Rubbing Off The National Film Awards
“The National Awards, sadly, are no longer what they used to be, with the favoritism, regionalism,politics and quid-pro-quo rampant. However, compared to the scores of others they are still streets ahead.
Canned in Cannes
The awkward fact remains that although Bollywood is the world’s largest movie factory, we don’t register even a hiccup in this gala, global, mega feast. Historically we have been conditioned and programmed to believe that it’s not the winning or losing, but participation that is the key.
Right Side of History
Economic forces and Pres. Obama’s legendary timidity in the first half of his presidency could yet doom the Democratic Party’s presidential and Congressional aspirations during this election cycle.
Shahtoosh: Reviving a Dying Art
Can the shahtoosh industry, banned in India, be revived again by rearing the delicate Chiru antelopes in farms and obtaining their prized fur without killing the animals?
Seeking Silence
In this interview Iyer spoke on an unusual topic — the value of silence and stillness amid the rush of business.
B-School for Rural Indian Women
The women who have been educated at MDBS have little in common with the well-heeled students in MBA programs around the world. They are an eclectic mix of ages ranging from 19 to 50. They include a potter, a spice and noodle maker, a seamstress, a goat and sheep herder, a farmer, a homemaker and a bangle vendor.
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India Dances to Latino Beat
Dancers say the popularity of Latino dances lies in the inherent joyousness, the friendships it generates on the floor across cultural divides — and the free-flowing body language, open to improvisations.
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
The American Century, proclaimed so triumphantly at the start of World War II, will be tattered and fading by 2025, its eighth decade, and could be history by 2030.
Tumsa Nahin Dekha! Shammi Kapoor: 1931-2011
A tribute to Mr. Yahoo, the once abject failure, who became a rebel star and revolutionized Indian cinema
Unintended Extras
NRI filmmakers reflect on the quirks and eccentricities of producing a film in India
The Western Face of Tibet
Even as Buddhism captures the imagination of the West, the West is capturing the hearts of Tibetans in Dharamsala, the capitol of Tibetans in exile, notwithstanding the Dalai Lama’s frequent exhortations against Tibetans losing their identity.
Lists for Fools
The richest people and companies — such as Fortune magazine’s list of the world’s largest companies or the world’s richest — are atleast based on measurable criteria of wealth, and even they hit and miss, because not all assets are in accessible public databases.
My Summer at an Indian Call Center
Lessons learned: Americans are hotheads, Australians are drunks — and never say where you’re calling from.
iSpy September 2011
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