The trend towards effective altruism argues for a high level of monitoring and evaluation, and backing charitable dollars with hard data analytics that conveys high impact. This approach, however, fails to account for the nuance of less-measurable outcomes and the… Read more

On a visit to an orphanage in Shillong, Meghalaya, Sunil Mathew watched closely as a boy atop a tall jackfruit tree shook a large, heavy fruit. As the boy, Klingson Mara clambered down quickly and gracefully, Mathew was astounded to… Read more

This Fall EnActe Arts is opening its most ambitious production to date - THE JUNGLE BOOK:RUDYARD REVISED When Indiaspora member Vinita Belani founded Enacte Arts in 2013 to bring Jean-Claude Carriere's legendary re-telling of the Mahabharata to American audiences, she… Read more

The Shehnai Virtuoso and Other Stories by Dhumketu, translated from Gujarati into English by Jenny Bhatt, is the first book-length translation from Gujarati to English published in the US, despite the large population of Gujarati diaspora in the country. Below is a… Read more

When most of us think of children without families, we visualize young children (adorable and heart-wrenching) living in some kind of institutional care.  We see the need to give them good options for shelter and education, but don’t give a… Read more

As I look back at my comedy calendar for June, it feels surreal and funny that I’m a stand up comedian. You don’t see a lot of people like me in comedy. An Indian immigrant woman, who is queer, and… Read more

The recent news of four Indian-origin women being harassed and abused with vile racial slurs in Plano, TX, has sent shock waves through the Indian American community. The viral video captures the unreal encounter of four friends facing a tirade… Read more

Heroines of the Independence Movement Mark Twain famously called India the mother of history and the grandmother of legend. Yet when we talk of the Indian independence movement, which spans hundreds of years, we think of  Gandhi, Nehru, Subhash Chandra… Read more

When Anjali Kour’s husband abandoned her in India in 2017 after a 15-year abusive marriage, she lost everything – her home, her finances, and her child.  “In the middle of the night he abducted my son. I had no clue… Read more

Who would have thought that we would embark on such a journey! As we ventured the SunPedal Ride in the United States of America, Luis and I considered ourselves lucky to be a part of this unique solar and human… Read more