Articles by Kalpana Mohan
chutney—noun1. a pickle of Indian origin, made from fruit, vinegar, spices, sugar, etc: mangochutney2. a type of music popular in the Caribbean Asian community, much influenced by calypso [C19: from Hindi catni and Urdu chatni; of uncertain origin]First Known Use: 1813
karma—noun; [C19: from Sanskrit: action, effect]1. Hinduism, Buddhism the principle of retributive justice determining a person’s state of life and the state of his reincarnations as the effect of his past deeds; 2. Theosophy the doctrine of inevitable consequence; 3. Destiny or fate
On the morning after Afzal Guru was hanged following the conviction for the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, I wondered about the number of young men and women who have turned militant in the war-torn areas of India simply due to the accident of birth and circumstance ...
raga: noun: one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.Origin: 1780–90; < Sanskrit raga: color, tone >
I’ve been in Chennai for over two months living in the cozy predictability of my father’s home. My life is regimented ...
dho•ti: a long loincloth worn by Hindu men in some parts of IndiaFrom Hindi and Urdu dhoti, dhooti, dhooti, dhootie or dhuti; First Known Use: 1612
avatar |avvatär|noun chiefly Hinduism• a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher.• an incarnation, embodiment, or manifestation of a person or idea
One afternoon last July, I was sitting with the Queen of Baroda in her salon ...
I am alone in my home.
The children are in college. My husband has vamoosed to the Far East.
For twenty-two years I have longed for this moment, the moment when I would be left completely, magically, ecstatically alone, when I would not have to cook, clean or talk to ...
Mango (mæengaeu)— n, pl -goes, -gos1. a tropical Asian anacardiaceous evergreen tree, Mangifera indica, cultivated in the tropics for its fruit2. the ovoid edible fruit of this tree, having a smooth rind and sweet juicy orange-yellow flesh[C16: via Portuguese from Malay manga, from Tamil mankay mango tree + kay fruit]
