THE FEATURED ARTICLES
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June 2015 -
Amma’s Divine Hug: Mata Amritanandamayi has hugged 33 million individuals around the world. Here’s an account of one such hug and a glimpse of this saintly Amma.
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June 2015 -
Vivek Wadhwa reflects on the “model minority” label: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are the fastest-growing demographic group in the U.S., yet their needs are rarely discussed.
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June 2015 -
Author Tania James discusses her novel about elephants in Kerala and the tussle between corruption and conservation.
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June 2015 -
You think, at first, that it’s a story of a wife struggling to make sense of a family recipe. But read on: you see an intimate, sorrowful moment in the life of this family, and its defeat.
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June 2015 -
Why are relations between men and women in America so different from those, say, in Muslim countries? Is the camaraderie a recent phenomenon with origins in the social revolutions of the 1960s?
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May 2015 -
VIKAS SWARUP: JAI HIND BEFORE JAI HO. In an exclusive interview, this diplomat and author talks about creativity, books vs. films, India’s challenges, and Slumdog Millionaire, his claim to fame.
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May 2015 -
DISCOVERING INDIA THROUGH FILMS…is what Robert Hirschfeld did as a child. From Life of Pi to The Hundred Foot Journey—recent Hollywood productions have helped him continue his quest.
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May 2015 -
National allegiance of Australian Indians is put to the test each time the two nations play each other in cricket. Let's look at identity and assimilation through the prism of cricketing loyalties.
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May 2015 -
Crooner Shilpa Narayan’s voice, mysteriously inflected with emotion, strikes an instant chord even with the casual listener. She has developed from a shy bathroom singer to an MTV artist.
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May 2015 -
Kindness: Honorable mention, Katha Fiction Contest. As a child in Chennai, Raji experienced water shortages. A benevolent act there gave her a modicum of hope for humanity. Now she's an adult in California.
