OUR COVER STORY
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Parenting Between Cultures
November 2010 - The question is, what specific steps are parents taking to secure happiness and success for their children? Is it enough to provide three balanced meals a day, a roof over their heads, religious exposure, and a high-quality education that is supplemented by Kumon and the likes? Is it enough to provide three balanced meals a day, a roof over their heads, religious exposure, and a high-quality education that is supplemented by Kumon and the likes?
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Wooing Washington
October 2010 - About a hundred years ago Indian immigrants in America faced hard times. The earliest Punjabi immigrants in California had to battle prejudice and many forms of discrimination. The Immigration Act of 1917, besides adding several restrictive conditions, outright barred immigrants from Asia and the Pacific Islands.
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Worth a Thousand Words and More
September 2010 - What happens when young tribal teens in Assam—who haven’t seen a camera before— are given digital cameras and just told to go shoot? Magic happens, in the form of stunning visual portraits of life, finds a photojournalist from Georgia.
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Young India, Old India
August 2010 - How has the country changed in the 63 years of its independence? In an attempt to peer into the pulse of a rapidly transforming nation, we present the personal stories and views of several youngsters as well as seniors, some of whom were active participants in the freedom struggle.
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Ayurveda in America
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My Mother – The Proud American Citizen
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An American Journey
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Fashion Forays
April 2010 - Indian designs and designers are making headways into the mainstream fashion scene. Indian-inspired fashion has made it to the White House! When President Obama threw his first state dinner, first lady Michelle Obama chose to wear a striking champagne-colored tulle gown with silver tiki embroidered flowers created by Mumbai-born designer Naeem Khan. Earlier in the day she wore a skirt created by another designer who has her roots in India, Rachel Roy.
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The Serengeti of India
November 2009 - Located along the flood plains on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River on a narrow stretch of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the Kaziranga National Park today is 105 years old. It is a four-hour road trip from Guwahati, in the northeastern state of Assam. One of the last frontiers for the pre-historic one-horned rhinoceros species, the park today is a jewel in the crown of Indian wildlife, boasting a healthy population of over 2000 (75 percent of the world’s population) one-horned rhinos.
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Matchmaker, Make Me a Match!
October 2009 - New approaches are challenging both the traditional arranged marriage as well as the so-called love marriages that result from chance encounters and dating.