Features
THE FEATURED ARTICLES
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Living: Desi Do-It-Yourself DESIGNERS
February 2012 -
House decorating is a modern pleasure for many desi women. Several bloggers share the secrets of their success, including tips, stores, and other blogs.
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Books: Loss and Longing in Mumbai
February 2012 -
In Last Man in Tower, Aravind Adiga raises important questions: When does ambition morph into avarice? How much is individuality prized in India, and at what cost to the community?--It's a compelling novel.
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Musings: Off the Pepper Wagon
January 2012 -
The author humorously describes her addiction to the hottest of peppers. Should she start her own pepper addicts therapy group--or enter a pepper recipe contest with her idea for ghost food cake?
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My Take: Dissecting the Kolaveri Cult
January 2012 -
There is a phenomenon sweeping India: “Kolaveri Di,” the song that went viral almost as soon as it was uploaded on YouTube. Humorist Lakshmi Palecanda considers its Inglis or Indian-English (finally arrived), its lyrics (banal), and its future.
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Interview: Narayana Murthy’s Compassionate Capitalism
January 2012 -
N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys, has retired but stays busy on the boards of banks, foundations, and business schools. The “compassionate capitalist” was in Atlanta promoting a food-for-education nonprofit.
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Perspectives: A Letter to Governor Haley
January 2012 -
The author considers the election of a governor of Sikh origin in a Confederate state, and concludes that, to build bridges between people and cultures, "the decision to reach out, or not, is really up to me."
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Music: Breaking Different Rules
January 2012 -
Shahid Parvez and Ali Akbar Khan each broke the boundaries that seem to define everyone else, but each did it in a different way. Teed Rockwell describes the ups and downs of learning from these masters.
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The Making of a Divine Abode
December 2011 -
A look at the architecture and iconography of Hindu temples in North America through the eyes of Adrian Smythies, the author of a book titled The Venkateshvara Temple in Riverdale, Georgia.
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Go Ahead, Take on the World!
December 2011 -
After 9/11 and the Mumbai attacks, CUNY graduate student Vandana Sood began another taxi driver project: these films inside Mumbai taxis, on terrorism, faith, identity, and religious conflict.
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Kirtan East and West: Chanting the names of God in India and America
December 2011 -
In American yoga centers, people gather not just for hatha yoga, but also for kirtan: musical chanting of the Hindu names of God. Concerts attract hundreds, even thousands. Why?
