Remembrance
Amazing Grace and Taps echoed through the vastness of Fort Hood on Tuesday, to remember 13 soldiers gunned down on post last week.Soldiers are supposed to die in gruesome fashion…
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November 11, 2009
Slaughter and sensitivity
We don't know enough yet about Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to draw any conclusions about why he would launch a killing spree at Fort Hood.Was it that Hasan, the…
November 6, 2009
About journalists and trauma
"Hey! Welcome back. How was Iraq?"That's something I heard often in the hallways of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution when I was freshly returned from war. But how do you answer such…
November 4, 2009
Memories of assassination
It has been 25 years since Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards.The impact on Indian history is undeniable: a nation mourned its beloved daughter and simultaneously…
October 30, 2009
Tussling over Teresa
One of the quietest, most peaceful places in the heart of Kolkata is Mother House.The non-descript building can be easily missed. The entrance on Lower Circular Road is far from…
October 24, 2009
C'est la vie
A few years ago, my cousin's young wife told me that she looked forward to turning 50. Gasp.Silly, lass, I thought, struggling with the fact that I was indeed many…
October 15, 2009
When the earth shook and a girl smiled
The earthquake in Sumatra took me back to Gujarat. 2001. It was Republic Day -- January 26, when the earth shook so hard in the western Indian state that we…
October 6, 2009
Gandhi Jayanti
I know several folks who were born today. They share their birthday with one of history's greatest men: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Otherwise known as Mahatma, the great soul.Check out Google…
October 2, 2009
Goddess of strength
Thousands of deities are on their way to the banks of the Ganges in West Bengal today. The immersions have to be finished by Wednesday in the capital, Kolkata.Ma Durga,…
September 29, 2009