Ideas Without Boundaries.
I have known Lalit Mansingh since I was a child. He and my father were posted together in Afghanistan. I remember him as a handsome, very artistic diplomat whose elocutionary skills were par excellence. This quality is one of his that stands out to this Read More …
South Asian gays emerge to challenge the staid conventions of the community. Have you ever experienced the claustrophobic feeling of being in a deep dark abyss, imprisoned by despair, rejection, violence, bigotry and above all ignorance? Not just from the mainstream, but even more so from within Read More …
We last took a look at the institutions and individuals that keep our culture alive in Atlanta. Another personal and highly defining factor of our immigrant lives here is our religious institutions. One only has to imagine the void we would have without them to Read More …
“They were messengers of peace yet died violent deaths, assassinated because of their ideology, philosophy and personal conviction and actions toward nonviolence. Their untimely deaths immortalized them, raising these gentle giants to an even higher plateau than perhaps anyone envisioned. The voices – one tiny, Read More …
From medicine to philanthropy and from education to arts, the dynamic couple of Ravi and Seshu Sarma impact our lives – all along with their trademark smiles and effervescence. “ I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the Read More …
He has been branded everything from brash to brilliant, from arrogant to amazing, from driven to dynamic, but the fact is that Ani Agnihotri is very much the happening man in Atlanta in the new millennium. “I think he has become more understanding and mature,” Read More …
A transforming spiritual experience at a yoga meditation workshop led Robert Arnett to his passion — India. His journeys to the many villages and cities of India resulted in the magnificently created, award winning book India Unveiled that captures India’s spiritual, cultural and historical essence Read More …
He made headlines for withdrawing his latest magnum opus “The Glass Palace” from the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, but Amitav Ghosh, one of the most successful Indian-born authors, is more interested in depicting the truth than being mired in controversy. The prize-winning author explains why. “You Read More …
He was all of seventeen years old, an American, longhaired and hippie like when he accosted vocalist Kalpana Mazumdar after hearing a classical music LP and asked her if she would teach him classical vocal music. “YOU want to learn classical vocal music?” was her Read More …
His father is a concert pianist, and while he himself had a jazz background playing mostly wind instruments like saxophone, clarinet, the western flute, what fascinated Steve Gorn initially was the shehnai. Today he is easily one of the most gifted Bansuri exponents in the Read More …