Features
THE FEATURED ARTICLES
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Education: A is for App
May 2013 -
The world of crayons, pencil, paper, and block puzzles is being replaced by the seductive world of touch screens and many of its educational apps. How will that affect young minds?
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Fiction: Forgotten Sands
May 2013 -
CAMELS, CAMPFIRES, AND CITIES: A poignant tale of the sifting sands of generational change, from an award-winning fiction writer.
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Americana: Looking at “A jury of your peers”
May 2013 -
This month BILL FITZPATRICK muses about the flaws and merits of an American
institution through his personal experience as a jury foreman in a case involving a sex-felon.
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Red Baraat’s Brooklyn Bhangra
April 2013 -
From Drummer to Dholi: Jazz drummer Sunny Jain of Red Baraat talks about his
fascination with the dhol, and how that informs the music of their eclectic
eight-piece band.
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An Everyday Hero
April 2013 -
Amar, a 16-year-old Jamshedpur boy, shows the triumph of the human spirit over bleak circumstances. Now an award-winning documentary is taking his inspiring example around the world.
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Opinion: Brown Karma: Enduring Ethnic Stereotypes
April 2013 -
Dealing with Ethnic Stereotypes--Opinion: whether Indians, Pakistanis, or Bangladeshis, all South Asians need to come together, because our karma in a post 9/11 America is tied to our skin color!
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The Business and Passion of South Asian Art
April 2013 -
The writer interviewed a curator, collectors, gallery owners, auctioneers, and artists in New York, Mumbai, and Bangalore to gauge what drives South Asian art
and artists.
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Americana: An Intoxicating Legacy
April 2013 -
There was an era when America found out that it couldn’t control human vices or indulgences through legislation. We tried it once, with prohibition of alcohol, but the experiment failed.
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Books: Strong Women
March 2013 -
An interview with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on her novel, Oleander Girl: The story of an ambitious, resourceful Indian woman features immigrant life and the true spirit of Indian-Americans.
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Indian Life: A “Can-Indian” Bharatanatyam Dancer
March 2013 -
A CAN-INDIAN: How a Canadian religious studies student became a leading exponent of Bharatanatyam dance in New Delhi: an interview with Marie Elangovan.
