Even on the emptiest road in India, you’re never alone for long. In the 40 minutes it takes to make the curry, five or six groups pass us – stopping to ask what we’re cooking under their banyan. My favourite passer-by was the gentleman herding his cattle slowly down the road. G...
The legendary festival is brought to you by The Foundation, whose mission is to "ensure New Orleans’ rich cultural legacy lives on in future generations." For more about the Foundation, please visit www.jazzandheritage.org. For more than 50 years, Jazz Fest has taken place at the Fair G...
*Urdu—the timeless, pristine, and enchanting soul of India's linguistic heritage—is a woman in the ICU, fighting for life. One by one, the figures of society—politicians, educationists, filmmakers, and more—arrive at her bedside. Can any of them rekindle her spirit, or will she slip...
A recent episode of No Reservations reflected on the beginning of Bourdain’s rise to fame. Bourdain initially gained critical acclaim with his scathing expose on the seedier side of the restaurant industry in the article titled Don’t Eat Before Reading This, published in The New Yorker1. The...
”First Fleet”shows NASA’s Space Shuttle program as it grew from research and development into a commercial space program from 1981 to 1986. The inspiring views capture the scale of the endeavor and optimism about the promise of space travel. ...
Transgender Law Center is devoted to fulfilling the promise of equality for all people, regardless of their gender expression. #13. Lambda Legal Traci Lawson // Wikimedia Commons #13. Lambda Legal Focus area: Legal services Overall score and rating: 89.56 Financial score: 85.80 Accountability and...
I find it humorous that you would go through the struggle to look up the name and try so hard to find bad things about it, just to create some drama. Name your kid whatever you want, if you don't like the name Nevaeh, good for you. But if you do, that is wonderful and I ...
He also thinks that “condoms promise safe sex, but the safest sex is through faithfulness to one’s partner”. We have been down this road before. The debate on what is, or is not, “crudity”, and condoms versus fidelity will continue till the cows come home. Sensibilities vary ...
P.S. I am aware that in my last post, I suggested that within a month or so, I would write a post about Kathak vs. Flamenco. I am sorry that I broke another promise, but I felt that the Qalandariyya took precedence right now. But I will do that soon!
ZA Bhutto was the only populist politician of the country ever, and his few years held vanishing promise of a normal political agenda (no matter how economically misguided) finally arising. But Bhutto suppressed the new Baloch revolt with the Shah of Iran’s military help; at the same time ...