THE FEATURED ARTICLES
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September 2020 -
Sweet, bitter, sour—that’s the taste of tamarind. Not only does it remind us of life, as the author Bharti Kirchner found out, but it can provide comfort and teach us to face challenges with resilience.
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September 2020 -
A public health worker on the benefits of a 10-day water fast that she found surprisingly easy to complete.
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September 2020 -
High school graduates disappointed by this year’s messy transition to college can consider an alternative.
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September 2020 -
In response to our call, writers shared essays on how the BLM movement and the pandemic affected them.
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September 2020 -
The editor of NRI Pulse talks about her passion for fiction, which resulted in Purple Root, her debut novel.
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September 2020 -
The author of American Veda on the lasting impact of a mystic who came to the U.S. a hundred years ago.
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August 2020 -
Three generations of women in an immigrant Gujarati family explore identity and aspirations in Saumya Dave’s debut book.
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August 2020 -
A shocking and bloody encounter involving hand-to-hand combat brought the world’s two most populous nations to the brink of war high in the Himalayas.
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August 2020 -
A delightful walk down memory lane when love of dahi traveled all the way from an Indian childhood to an American life and found yogurt in its many flavors. And not just yogurt, but also its oh-so-important containers.
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August 2020 -
For Indian-American chefs, where does India end and American begin? Even as they straddle their bicultural identities, these chefs continue to be identified with their inherited culture.