Iran's first Oscar
Perhaps I should have gone to see "The Artist" Saturday night. After all, it won the Oscar for best picture last night. But I saw "A Separation" instead.It was an…
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February 27, 2012
Journalism and courage
Today, journalists are mourning the deaths of two of their own.Marie Colvin of London'sSunday Times and French journalist Remi Olchik were killed Wednesday in thebesieged Syrian city of Homs. …
February 22, 2012
A new Guiness record!
Thomas Oliver and Melissa Turnerwere part of the record-setting crowd.I just read that the Tybee Island polar bear plunge on New Year’s Day officially broke a Guinness World Record."Guinness World…
February 13, 2012
Kaka
Kaka, standing on the balcony of the housein New Alipur in the 1950s.When I was a little girl, we lived in a house my grandfatherbuilt. It was common then for…
January 25, 2012
Kolkata Hipstamatic
Life on the streets of Kolkata can be an assault to the senses for someone unaccustomed. For me, it's home. The vendors, the noise, the traffic, the smells, the sounds.…
January 24, 2012
Archaic no more
I wrote a story today about an important victory for rape victims.Check it out on CNN.comhttp://bit.ly/z4vI82
January 6, 2012