My name is Revati Sharma Singh and I am an interdisciplinary artist, working between London and India for the last 23 years. My quest has always been about the great divide between hunger and abundance around the world, and I’ve… Read more

As a child, the voice and stories of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. echoed in the halls of my home. My father, Reverend Michael Millben, would reminisce about his days marching with Dr. King in the Civil Rights Movement and… Read more

I had always seen myself as a writer and a historian, with no more than a peripheral interest in contemporary art, mainly because I never had the opportunity to delve into it deeply enough to understand its abstract complexities.  That… Read more

Her name was Shibani Das and she was not quite 2 years old. Her hair had all been shaved off because of lice, and she weighed almost nothing, just skin, bones, and beautiful eyes.  I was in India for the… Read more

Is the Indian diaspora really confused about their identity? We often used ABCD (American born confused desi) for an Indian who grew up in America—and I challenge that. I really don’t think they are confused. The really confused person is… Read more

There is something about story-telling that captivates my imagination; it is an intrinsic part of South Asian culture. I grew up in New Delhi, India, in the 1980s, at a time when watching the Ramayana and Mahabharata were the beginning… Read more

My child came out to me several times, from early childhood to adulthood, before I actually understood what he was saying. When he told me, as a 6-year-old child, that he was a boy, rather than the girl he had… Read more

For years, I’ve told the story of my transformation from a child who rejected her Indian heritage, to a child who embraced it. But until recently, I was mystified about the reason for this change.  As a child growing up… Read more

India is one of the largest multicultural and diverse countries in the world. It boasts of rich knowledge traditions and cultural heritage. Due to the impact of colonialism and the ever-increasing impact of globalization, however, the Indian education system has… Read more

Soon after my arrival to the United States as a student, I went to a football game in Hartford, Connecticut. At half-time, the guy sitting on the bench in front of me got up and turned, beer can in hand,… Read more