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Articles Published in December, 2006
When the 110th Congress convenes in January, it needs to act on the pressing and unresolved issue of immigration reform. ...
I call upon all South Asians to vigorously oppose the insane and immoral Iraq war. Every reason advanced by the ...
Although South Asian Americans still comprise only about 1 percent of the U.S. population, they continue to excel professionally, and make a mark far beyond their numbers. Here’s the India Currents shortlist of this year’s 10 notable desis.
It was a year of filmmaking debuts (Kalyug, Being Cyrus), Shakespearean tragedy (Omkara), Abhishek Bachchan’s meteoric rise (Bluffmaster), half-a-dozen blockbusters (Krrish, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Rang De Basanti, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Phir Hera Pheri, Fanaa), and the long-awaited Water.
How a 10-set CD collection has been produced by children
In Tarun J. Tejpal’s fiction-within-the-fiction The Alchemy of Desire, the nested stories are more compelling than the main story
In her collection of short stories, The Palm Leaf Fan, Kwai-Yun Li reflects on the marginalized Chinese communities of Calcutta
Why Farhan Akhtar decided to remake the 1980s flick Don, and recreate the intriguing lead character who had become deeply embedded in his childhood memories.
Against the backdrop of the Quit India campaign Indu Sundaresan weaves a colorful tale of forbidden love, revolutionary fervor, and covert military operations in her novel The Splendor of Silence
Madhur Jaffrey uses the triggers of her favorite food flavors to recall memories of growing up in a joint family in her memoir Climbing the Mango Trees.
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