A few years ago when I was in India, I had the funniest experience in a yoga class. I was sitting there in a hot room (not because it was “hot” yoga--just because it was extremely hot in India) and the instructor, dressed in everyday clothes--not her ...
by Poonam Desai, Psychologist and Author of Everything Mixed with Gold and The Dismantling The act of dismantling is to take something apart by choice, piece by piece, with the intention of seeing the original form gone, and hopefully rebuilt in a new way ...
1.) As of December 2000, the United Nations recognizes June 20th as ‘World Refugee Day’ as a time to show solidarity and create awareness around refugees. Source: UN.org 2.) In the aftermath of World War II, the 1951 Refugee Convention was formed whic ...
by Chiara Rossi “We warmly encourage our Western guests to wear traditional Indian attire.” I squinted at the words on the wedding invitation. My two good friends were getting married in Hyderabad, where they were both born and raised. It wo ...
Remember the ISA elections in college? Imagine that time 100,000. On April 11th, the world’s largest democracy (India) kicked off their election and it is set to end on the 19th of May. With a population of 1.3 billion people, they have set up 1 million ...
I never thought it would come to this. But after swiping, clicking and endless texting, I was exhausted by Internet dating. The amount of digital dancing you have to do before even meeting up, only to realize that you don’t have that much in common afte ...
It’s that time of year, globetrotters. If you plan on ducking out of winter’s way and making a pilgrimage to India this year, we have a few tips for you to keep you well-adjusted. Traveling to India can be one of the most mentally and physically exhau ...
Remember a few years ago, when Obama met with Emporer Akihito in Japan? Being the culturally sensitive man that Obama is (yes, he even pronounces Pakistan correctly), he took upon himself to bow when meeting the Emperor. However, there was an immediate ...
After logging several years at Procter & Gamble (or as he lovingly refers to as “Punjabis & Gujaratis), comedian Rajiv Satyal broke free from his corporate gig in the Midwest and ventured to LA to pursue a career in comedy. Rajiv started ...
By Sonal Shah Taylor I am not trying to race bait during a time like this. But this is truly how the world we live in is. Where every brown person is just glad that it wasn’t another brown person during yesterday’s shooting in Las Vegas. Because t ...
