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Mallika Sarabhai’s moving dance-drama: a roar for women’s freedom
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Chantlanta, kirtan-based festival, strives for better world
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Bengali drama, adapted from an ancient Greek play, shows women uprising
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Devotees across Atlanta throng temples on Mahashivaratri
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Sadhana Mandir devotees performed puja at individual altars for Mahashivratri
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Comic poems enlivened the 11th Hindu Urdu Sanjhe Bol
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TAMA’s Seminar on Financial Planning & Taxes answered many questions
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“Building a seven-figure business” with money expert Monica Shah
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Guidelines for Submitting Reports to Around Town
Brown and Beautiful
WHEN BROWN IS BEAUTIFUL AND GOOD FOR BUSINESS: The white-dominated mainstream beauty industry has traditionally ignored other skin colors. Now a new generation of South Asians are not only creating beauty products and brands catering to brown skin, but some are also becoming influencers in the industry, challenging the mainstream notions of beauty and gathering a huge social media presence and fan following. Here are Sarah Thomas, a first generation Indian-American, and her company Bili Beauty; Deepica Mutyala with her company Tinted; Pinki Gosal, Priti and Gargi Patel, and Mona Patel of Vasanti Cosmetics; Divya Gugnani of Wander Beauty; Amrita of Lady Burgundy; Sal Ali of Farsali; Monika Deol of Stellar Beauty; Manal Shaikh of Eyeris; Tamanna Roashan of Dress Your Face; and Padma Lakshmi modeling for MAC Cosmetics; as well as Nabeela Noor and Rihanna talking about and offering cosmetics for different skin tones. We are moving towards more inclusivity in the beauty industry! Read more »
HAUNTING MEMORIES FROM MULTIPLE MIGRATIONS, of places loved, left, and lost: Unpacking boxes, muses the author, is an act of unpacking a flood of memories, heavy with the weight of time. Read more »
MALLIKA SARABHAI: DANCER, ACTIVIST, ICON, and singer Samia Malik talked to Khabar in Atlanta. They each challenge antiquated patriarchal traditions and advocate for feminism and more. Read more »
Born in rural India, the author was orphaned just days after birth. A loving white Jewish family adopted her, though she still struggled in America, being adopted and a minority. Read more »
We live in an abundance of Indian influences: the “Indianization” in America is going strong. Now if only the Trump camp could see immigrants differently and get in step with the times! Read more »
More Thoughts on the Kumbh Mela, by Bhagirath Majmudar, MD: looking at the composition of the water in the rivers and in ourselves, at the absence of epidemics at the Kumbh, and more. Read more »
Do bad money habits constrain your financial progress? Many people fall into the same financial behavior patterns, year after year. Now is as good a time as any to alter your behavior. Read more »
As a business owner, you should keep your responsibilities in order such that someone else could pick up where you left off in case of your sudden disability or death. Here are tips. Read more »
ARE WELLNESS FADS STRESSING YOU OUT? Choose simplicity: a nutrient-rich, planned diet, mindful eating, and an enjoyable fitness routine are the simple secrets of wellness and weight control. Read more »
Premium processing for H-1B resumes / Possible closing of international field offices / ICE agents get license plate access / APPLICATION FINAL ACTION DATES & DATES FOR FILING—APRIL 2019 Read more »
Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan may team up in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's family drama about friends-turned-foes, like the Dilip Kumar-Raj Kumar starrer Saudagar. Anushka Sharma may star. Read more »
A clothing drive, the Vastradaan Campaign, started by Udaipur prince Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar set a Guinness World Record by gathering more than 329,250 pieces of clothing from over 76,000 donors. Read more »
Abha Rai, a Ph.D. candidate in Social Work at UGA, received a grant for gathering data on the perceptions of domestic violence in South Asian communities, including Atlanta and Chicago. Read more »
Briefs / PODCASTS / INDIA’S NATIVE SPORTS / BOOKS: Around the World in 80 Trains; A People’s History of Heaven; The Third Pillar: ...Markets ...the State ...Community; The Good Immigrant Read more »
INTERVIEW WITH MUSICIAN FALGUNI SHAH: She won acclaim in India, performed for the Obamas at the White House, was nominated for a Grammy Award, and is artist-in-residence at Carnegie Hall. Read more »
Don't constantly think of how much money you want; look at what you want to create: if it is worthwhile, money will happen. You can't take money with you. What matters is what you created. Read more »
