Ideas Without Boundaries.
Exploring the hidden world of Indian AIDS survivors and victims It cuts across all economic and social barriers, creating devastation, insecurity, fear and isolation. It is born and bred out of ignorance, blamed on the promiscuous and the immoral, bringing hatred, revulsion, desertion and darkness, Read More …
“My mother and father used to control my daily activities even when I was an undergrad student.” “Most parents don’t have a clue what their kids are up to.” “Dating is a tricky issue. Of course, I have dated but I have never been caught.” Read More …
They come from all walks of life — as brides, as young students, as young mothers and try to assimilate in a foreign land. Some adjust easily, others struggle, but most find themselves caught between two cultures, trying to raise children and also focus on Read More …
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” — Seneca This land is where dreamers awaken from their pilgrimage in search of a new life. Inevitably, therefore, America fosters stories Read More …
Divorce is still a bad word in the South Asian Diaspora. Here, Kavita Chhibber offers a look at a few who courageously defied the stigma, beat the odds, and came out stronger. Love is a beautiful bird, begging capture but refusing injury” – Kahlil Gibran Read More …
Seinfeld, the popular TV sitcom, is as big an icon of American pop culture as can be. Jerry Seinfeld, its creator and star, is a Jewish American. So are eccentric entertainer Woody Allen, singer and actress Barbara Streisand, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, CNN anchorman Wolf Blitzer, Read More …
The great and recurrent question about abroad is, is it worth getting there?” — Attributed to Rose Macaulay. It is said the human race does not like to step out of its comfort zone. That’s probably what created the concept of home. Yet crowded railway Read More …
“No you cannot go to the prom, unless your brother goes with you. “You must become an engineer, doctor or a lawyer. What!! Rap singer? Over my dead body!” “Dating? Boys are bad news especially American boys. What will people say?” “You want to date Read More …
Come my friends, ’tis not too late to seek a newer world.” — Tennyson They come from all walks of life to live the American dream: struggling scholars, brilliant academicians, young brides and mothers… They come, clinging to the security of their cultural roots—blossoming only Read More …
The opulent chandeliers slowly dim to cast a shimmering glow; the resonant chanting of “Om” reverberate all around; a mellifluous voice breaks into the Saraswati Vandana. A stylish Kathak recital follows before an audience that sits in the baithaki style of the maharajas. These rich Read More …
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