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Devesh Khatu ran the Boston Marathon twice—once in 2009 and once in 2010.This year he was not running the race. But ever since the bombs went off at America’s oldest and most iconic marathon, his phone and Facebook wall have been flooded with anxious messages.
Khatu ...
Two years ago, while living in India, I decided to change my life a little and take a trip to England. Alone. To put all disclaimers in their rightful place, I was to primarily stay with family and use their home as a base to explore nearby cities on ...
The closing weeks of the year 2012 did settle the debate about the Mayan calendar and the end of the world. Thankfully we are all still here. But the year also ended on a very troubling note in both South-Asia and within its diaspora here in the United States ...
Home: a word filled with loss and longing. Snatches of music bring to mind a mother’s song. Smells in restaurants conjure up a kitchen back home. A face in a crowd looks like a relative. Birthdays, anniversaries and other milestones bring guilty reminders of aging parents and the relentless march of time.
A decade ago, when cell phones began appearing in streets and cafes, I witnessed the change from the balloons of inner thought to the blurbs of the spoken word. This was a bit scary because it became incontestable how shallow we truly are— “then she said, then he said ...
The biggest impact may be on the domestic policies and politics of the United States
Devesh Khatu ran the Boston Marathon twice—once in 2009 and once in 2010.This year he was not running the race. But ever since the bombs went off at America’s oldest and most iconic marathon, his phone and Facebook wall have been flooded with anxious messages.
Khatu ...
Two years ago, while living in India, I decided to change my life a little and take a trip to England. Alone. To put all disclaimers in their rightful place, I was to primarily stay with family and use their home as a base to explore nearby cities on ...
The closing weeks of the year 2012 did settle the debate about the Mayan calendar and the end of the world. Thankfully we are all still here. But the year also ended on a very troubling note in both South-Asia and within its diaspora here in the United States ...
Home: a word filled with loss and longing. Snatches of music bring to mind a mother’s song. Smells in restaurants conjure up a kitchen back home. A face in a crowd looks like a relative. Birthdays, anniversaries and other milestones bring guilty reminders of aging parents and the relentless march of time.
A decade ago, when cell phones began appearing in streets and cafes, I witnessed the change from the balloons of inner thought to the blurbs of the spoken word. This was a bit scary because it became incontestable how shallow we truly are— “then she said, then he said ...
The biggest impact may be on the domestic policies and politics of the United States
