IIT: The Bombay Boys Go Global
These Global Warriors share with you their secrets for success in hard times… Risk. A…
Author Lavina Melwani
Indian Art: The Gaur Collection
As director of the AIDS program, Sunanda is committed to Child Life therapy, which is play therapy for children with chronic diseases. She finds art invaluable in diagnosing emotional disorders in children and a great therapy.
Meatless In Manhattan
A rustic Gujarati meal; a perfect lacy masala dosa; a Jain meal without a hint…
Suvir Saran – Temple of Taste
At Devi, Suvir Saran and Hemant Mathur, who is a tandoori chef, have found the perfect canvas for their food creations.
Abraham Verghese's Cutting for Stone
In recent days Dr. Abraham Verghese has been boarding jets at breakneck speed, shuttling between countless cities and towns in North America, not for medical conferences or research but for that quintessential ritual of an author’s life – the book tour…
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Balladeer of Immigrant Dreams
She has put into words what millions of immigrants would find hard to articulate, especially the dilemmas faced by women who move from the confines and traditions of home into the brave new universe outside.
Carved in Gold: An Intense Devotion
In the collection there is a pair of tiny sandals for a deity, made of sheet gold with rubies, diamonds and pearls. There are also gold accoutrements for a Krishna shrine – umbrella, rattles, peacock and parrots as playthings for Baby Krishna.
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Kiran Desai: Her Mother's Daughter
Listening to my old tape, I found there were intriguing glimpses of what moves both mother and daughter and the perspectives on the world they share, the values that help them create these very real, very imaginary worlds.
Indian immigrants' lost world
New immigrants in ethnic enclaves tend to have a stronger support system but once they fly the coop into the prestigious suburbs and into Americanization, there is a chasm of distances to overcome between friends.
Salman Rushdie: The King of Gup City
‘Midnight’s Children’ freed other young emerging Indian writers to be bold and unleash the Story Waters and be accepted on their own terms by the west.