Desi World
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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BRIEFS / TREASURES FROM A TRAGIC PLANE CRASH / WILL THIS BE A WORLD HERITAGE SITE? / BOOK MATTERS
August 2020 -
Read our regular columns: ‘Who, What, Where, When & Why’ and ‘Book Matters’. Also: ‘Treasures from a Tragic Plane Crash' and 'Will this be a World Heritage Site?'.
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BRIEFS / IMPACT OF IMMIGRANT VOTERS ON 2020 ELECTION / WHEN THE GREEKS CAME TO INDIA / BOOK MATTERS
July 2020 -
Read our regular columns: ‘Who, What, Where, When & Why’ and ‘Book Matters’. Also: ‘Impact of Immigrant Voters on 2020 election' and 'When the Greeks came to India'.
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BRIEFS / LOOKING BACK—AND LEARNING—VIRTUALLY / FAVORITE FOOD ITEMS OF THE GIRMITIYAS / BOOK MATTERS
June 2020 -
Read our regular columns, ‘Who, What, Where, When & Why’ and ‘Book Matters’. Also: ‘Looking back-and-learning-virtually’ and ‘Favorite food items of the girmitiyas’.
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BRIEFS / COV-INDIAN H-1B DOCS IN THE TRENCHES / ANGLO-INDIANS: END OF THE LINE / BOOK MATTERS
May 2020 -
Read our regular columns, ‘Who, What, Where, When & Why’ and ‘Book Matters’. Also: ‘Cov-Indian H-1B docs in the trenches’ and ‘Anglo-Indians: End of the Line’.
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BRIEFS/FEAR OF “FOREIGN” IN THE AGE OF ANXIETY / TRUTH AND FICTION IN REALITY SHOWS/ BOOK MATTERS
April 2020 -
Briefs/Fear of “Foreign” in the Age of Anxiety / Truth and Fiction in Reality Shows/ Books : Passage West (HarperCollins), Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day (Simon & Schuster), What We Carry (Random House), Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me (HarperCollins).
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BRIEFS / HOW THE ’20s JUMP-STARTED YOGA / TREASURES FROM EAST INDIA COMPANY / BOOK MATTERS
March 2020 -
Briefs, How the ’20s Jump-Started Yoga, Treasures From East India Company, Books: Lali’s Feather (Peachtree Publishing), Amnesty (Scribner), Grown Up Pose (Berkley), Stealing Green Mangoes (HarperCollins)
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BRIEFS / ECONOMICS, NOBEL PRIZE, SANSKRIT, AND CHEMISTRY / IN MEMORIAM 2019: CONTINUED / BOOKS
February 2020 -
Briefs, Spouses, Chemical grammar, In Memoriam cont., Books: Small Days and Nights (family secrets). Night Theater (thriller). More to the Story (cf. Little Women). Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (mystery).
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS
January 2020 -
Briefs / BOOKS: A Delhi Obsession (Canadian Muslim meets Hindu woman); The Story of a Goat (from Tamil); Dishoom: From Bombay with Love (recipes, memories, photos); Orange for the Sunsets (Uganda, middle school).
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IN MEMORIAM 2019
December 2019 -
As the year winds down, the holidays allow us to hit pause to relax, reflect, and remember. We offer an appreciation of some individuals who died in the first eleven months of 2019.
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS
November 2019 -
Briefs / BOOKS: Harbart (Sahitya Akademi Award winner); The Optimist’s Telescope (avoiding risks); The Girl and the Tiger (at home in the jungle); The Best at It (by Maulik Pancholy of 30 Rock).
