The Drug From Limitless Is Available for Purchase on Your College Campus
Although exaggerated for Hollywood, it's clear why students might be tempted to take a pill that might lend mental clarity and energized focus. I wondered, though ... how are people getting their...
View ArticleNo, Hinduism Is Not Behind India's 'Rape Crisis'
We must understand the nub of the problem and do all that we can to alleviate it. But bashing Hinduism in order to do a slipshod hatchet job on the current Indian government? No, that's not helpful....
View ArticleSecrets of Beings: The Pillars of Shiva
The pillars (called lingam in Sanskrit) of Lord Shiva -- identified as a supreme god, along with Brahma and Vishnu, constituting the trimurti (trinity of gods) -- are strewn all over the world,...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Already A Public Health Crisis, Top Medical Journal Says
Heatwaves, disease-carrying insects and prolonged allergies are some of the early symptoms noted in a major new report.
View ArticleGrowing Up With India's Light-Skinned Beauty Standards
Despite 22 years of living in this skin, skin that has gotten darker with each passing summer, I still find myself more beautiful in pictures where my skin looks fair.
View Article8 Things to Do in South Mumbai
From the Gandhi Museum to the Gateway of India, I may have seen the sites time and again, but I'm not yet jaded or bored with the colors and smells of India to seek refuge in an air-conditioned...
View ArticleIndian Americans Have Always Faced Racism, But 'Model Minorities' Don't Speak...
The model minority stereotype renders Indians abroad to be complacent.
View ArticleThis ‘School For Justice’ Trains Sex Trafficking Survivors To Be Lawyers
“I want to fight against child sexual exploitation and help others like me,” one woman said.
View ArticleA Rare Glimpse Inside A Zoroastrian Temple In New York
Take a look inside Pomona, New York's new Dar-e-Mehr temple.
View ArticleSex Energy on the Brain
Kundalini: It's not a pasta. The Sanskrit root of the word means coiled or spiral. The image of a snake piled on itself or two snakes rising is used to depict this reservoir of energy at the base of...
View ArticleIndian Americans Have Always Faced Racism, But 'Model Minorities' Don't Speak...
The model minority stereotype renders Indians abroad to be complacent.
View ArticleLatin America, Not Southeast Asia, Will Be the World's Economic Powerhouse
as Americans and Europeans fret about China's economic outlook amidst rising debt, stagnating wages, and excess supply with weakened demand, changes are happening in South and Central America that...
View ArticleMissionaries in India: Conversion or Coercion?
What is causing consternation and anger is a new breed of zealots, heavily financed by American fundamentalists, who seem driven to pile up numbers like door-to-door salesmen racking up commissions.
View ArticleSo THAT'S What Curry Is: The Difference Between The Spice, The Leaves And the...
Turns out curry powder isn't even actually from India.
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