Rangakaka: Remembering a colorful life
The film "Aradhana" had just made its big splash in 1969 when my family returned once again from a soujourn in America to India. As we settled back to a…
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April 22, 2015
Anne Frank's cousin dies
I hadn't heard the sad news until my friend Lee sent me an email this morning with the New York Times obituary. Immediately, I went to the Anne Frank Foundation…
March 19, 2015
Wonderwomen
On a bright December afternoon in Kolkata, I watched a handful of young women throw their arms in the air, swirl the scarves of their salwar kameez and leap from one…
March 8, 2015
Hindus to NYC: Why Eid, but not Diwali?
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha are like Christmas and Yom Kippur now for New York City schools. Mayor Bill Blasio announced the city will recognize the two important Muslim holidays.…
March 5, 2015
Missing plane tragedy, one year later
I have been corresponding with K.S. Narendran for almost a year now. His wife, Chandrika Sharma, was one of the passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 when it vanished from…
March 1, 2015
They own nothing. ZERO.
A few weeks ago, when President Barack Obama visited India, I wrote a piece for CNN about how my homeland was poised to become a global power in the…
February 16, 2015
Farewell, Sgt. Denny
I first met the boys of Charlie Company, 1/121 Infantry, in December 2005. I was an embedded reporter, a lost soul among the rough and tumble men of the Georgia…
January 29, 2015
We said we would not forget Haiti
I spoke with my friend Jean Mariot Cleophat by phone today. It has been five years since I first met him. He was my guide for much of my…
January 12, 2015
Saris to Suits
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January 5, 2015
Cuba, Si!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHvnLoXsNc&w=420&h=315] CNN interviewed former President Jimmy Carter tonight about the thaw in relations with Cuba. Carter, of course, made a historic trip to the Caribbean island in 2002 with the…
December 17, 2014
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