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The Way
of the Wise By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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PERSPECTIVES
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VEENA RAO
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Suzanne Sitherwood’s Flat World
Suzanne Sitherwood, the energetic president of Atlanta Gas Light and two other utilities of the Atlanta based AGL Resources, has India on her mind these days. Back from two trips to India, where the AGL group, a diversified energy company, recently outsourced its customer care service, Sitherwood is animated about the new addition to the AGL employee base.
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PERSPECTIVES
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VEENA RAO
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Emory,
India & Public Health
Emory University, which is known for its academic excellence, highly ranked professional schools, and state-of-the-art research facilities; has a growing new interest- India. Even as the country of a billion people struggles to meet its severe challenges in healthcare, sanitation and disease control, it has found a new advocate in Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health and its various departments.
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ASK SWAPNA
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SWAPNA PATEL
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Introducing
our very own "Dear Abby"
My goal with “Ask Swapna” is to create an open forum where parents and youngsters can write to me about any conflicts or struggles they are facing regarding the culture clash and the generation gap.
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REFLECTIONS
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KAVITA CHHIBBER
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Indians Are The Biggest Racists, Bigots And Snobs
We talk about how the world looks at America and Americans these days, but I wonder how the world would look at this model minority, if they got a little
closer, says KAVITA CHHIBBER.
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KULCHUR SHULCHUR
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MALA CHAKRAVORTY
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An Ode
to Bollywood: Om Shanti Om
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CROSSING OVER
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“Even Brad Pitt Wants to Play Gay Now”
Filmmaker Manan Singh Katohara talks about his forthcoming movie ‘When Kiran Met Karen’
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HOLLYWOOD
REVIEW
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KAL PAREKH
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Superman
Returns
Brandon Routh has just enough of Christopher Reeve's personality for us to accept him as the Superman of the new millennium...
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PERSPECTIVE
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AIDS: Why the pandemic outpaces us
In early June, AIDS turned 25. As the disease strides ahead with greater determination from obscurity to a global emergency, the question before each nation should be: why is the pandemic outpacing us, or are countries acting too slowly to address the menace that has killed 25 million people and affected another 40 million worldwide?
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY PREM RAWAT
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A Joy
Unparalleled
Prem Rawat says that inner peace and fulfillment can be everyone’s reality.
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CAREER
ADVICE
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BY VINITA THAPER
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Working Moms and Careers- Is “Supermom a Myth”?
Working part-time can be a great option for many women because it allows woman to still be connected to their careers and still have family time...
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY MAHADEV DESAI
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Naushad Ali- Tribute to A Music Legend
Always a perfectionist, despite his poor health, in a recent interview he had said, “My best tune is yet to come. Let me get better and then I will show you what I can produce.”
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THE KING OF
SMALL THINGS
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BY DR
ARUNACHALAM KUMAR
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The return of Ben
To this day - generations of baby rabbits, frogs, mice and guinea pigs have heard
about the adventure their great grand-papas and mammas went through in
1978...
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY H. V.
SHIVADAS
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Our Beloved Matriarch is Gone, But Never Will She be Forgotten!
A tribute in remembrance of Coretta Scott King
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY GV KRISHNAN
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When in San Ramon, Do as the Indians Do
When in Rome, as they say, doing it as the
Romans do may be the done thing. But San Ramon isn’t Rome. This is a discovery I
made this past couple of weeks visiting our biradhri in the US.
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY NARENDER REDDY
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Why are Indian-Americans Lagging Behind in Philanthropy?
What is the meaning of success or material wealth when we fail
to pay back our debt to the communities that helped us flourish?
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY A PAKISTANI
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“Here You Can Only Hear the Silent Screams of the Dead”
How is the world to be moved if there is no one to report that the paradise that was Kashmir has turned into a nightmare from which it may never awaken.
A PAKISTANI’S anguish over lack of international concern for the plight of the killer quake’s victims...
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INTERVIEW
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BY KAVITA CHHIBBER
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Amjad Ali Khan: After 9/11 and the Gujarat Riots I feel ashamed to belong to the Human race
KAVITA CHHIBBER in conversation with the sarod maestro.
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY DR PREM
KUMAR
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Living in a Gray Zone
Dr. Prem Kumar travels across the country, finding disabled children living in isolation and despair, carrying nature's cruel dispensation. But he is heartened as well by inspiring work that so many organizations carry out, and hopes that a brighter future awaits the children, thanks to their efforts...
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CHAI LOUNGE
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BY VEENA RAO
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The
Indian Shine
An NRI's observations of an India on the move.
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PARENTING
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Going Back to School
Tips for parents and children to gear up for the school season.
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY SRI SRI RAVI
SHANKAR
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Enlightened Parenting: Raising Kids in the Noise of Non-Violence
If we just take a look at the children, the way they were in schools a few decades back, and then take a look at the children today, we see some marked differences. These may provide some insight into the violence among children today...
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VIEWPOINT
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How Special is Mother's Day?
Three mothers share their thoughts on what Mother's Day means to them.
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PARENTING
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Parenting Tips for Today's Mom & Dad
Raising kids is a joyful, but also a sometimes trying, delicate and stressful job. A few tips to make parenting more fulfilling and rewarding.
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IN
REMEMBRANCE
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BY VEENA RAO
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She Lives on as a Gift to Others
Even after her ashes were scattered in the Cahaba River, 24-year old Anoopa Sharma lives on, in the smile of those who were blessed with the gift of life.
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IN
REMEMBRANCE
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BY JINESH DESAI
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Saint Poet Makarand Dave: Divinity Through Literature
"Shri Makarand Dave’s ever shining glory as a renowned poet, writer, thinker and philosopher has crossed the borders of the Gujarati world and has enlightened the spirit of the world around..."
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PERSPECTIVE
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BY DR K. M. VENKAT
NARAYAN
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The Death of Languages: Is it Inevitable?
Dominant languages will thrive, but that need not mean the elimination of minority languages and cultures. Preserving our linguistic and cultural diversity is essential, in order to pass on to posterity the vast cultural riches of our shared humanity.
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POLITICALLY
CORRECTED
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BY DHRUTI
CONTRACTOR
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What’s Next?
Congratulations! You voted! Now what’s next? Now is the time to get involved and to inform your representatives of your priorities, says DHRUTI.
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INDIA VIEW
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Farmers’ Suicides In Andhra Pradesh – The Cause And Cure
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BY GVVSDS PRASAD
The farming community in India is going through an unprecedented crisis. The food givers to the nation find it difficult to survive and choose death as an answer to their problems. While the phenomenon of farmers’ suicides has become a national problem, its acuteness is felt more in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The wrath of the farming community resulted in the defeat of the Telugu Desam government which ignored the issues of the farming sector...
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Can Ahimsa Be Relevant Today?
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BY ARUN GANDHI
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Many years ago Gandhiji told a correspondent that Ahimsa is not nonviolence, it is love, respect, understanding and appreciation. So, today when we ask the question is Ahimsa relevant we are in fact asking is love, respect, understanding and appreciation relevant...
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Gandhian Ideals Of Non-Violent Resistance
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BY
PROF. U MUNUSWAMY
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In this article that was written as part of the Madras University PG-Course in Distance
Education curriculum, Prof U Munuswamy examines the Gandhian approach to non-violent resistance.
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VIEWPOINT
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Dey's Viewpoint on Reena Patel's article “The Dark Truths About The Desi Party Scene”.
"Telling Girls It Is Their Fault Is The Exact Reason They Don’t Ever Speak
Up". Reena Patel responds.
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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in
these columns are solely those of the writers and do not necessarily represent
those of the editor/publisher.
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