BY ANU PESHAWARIA
While the United States Presidential election related activities were on peak last month,I was closely watching Trump’s statements on immigration. ​Trump continues to make headlines with each of his statements being highlighted as a matter of ‘grave concern’ especially for developing countries such as India.

BY CHANDRA K. MITTAL
On January 20, 2017 once Donald Trump is “officially” sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, he will be tested for his KSAs, i.e. knowledge, skills and abilities to solve national problems, resolve international conflicts, and deliver on the tall election promises he made in the campaign. ​He will be scrutinized every step of the way...

By NIMMI RAGHUNATHAN
On November 8, 2016 there are two things you need to do:
1. Go vote.  
2.  Vote Hillary Clinton.

By M.C MADHAVAN
​Like the United States, India is constitutionally a secular country with separation of church and state. What is unique about India is that secular way of life enunciated in Sanatan Dharma allowed them to accept willingly religions that came into India from outside to grow and live harmoniously with their followers. 

The American economy was essentially an un-manipulated economy when I came to this country in 1958. It was an economy closest to operating on Adam Smith’s free market principle with an average GDP growth rate of 3.5 percent, an average inflation rate of less than 3 percent and an average nominal interest rate of about 5.5 percent. It was the envy of the world with over 80 percent of the population falling into the middle class. 

BY SWAMINATHAN VENKATARAMAN
Two years ago, Hindu and Indian-American groups, including the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), began working with the California Department of Education’s (CDE) Instructional Quality Commission to ensure a culturally competent and accurate curriculum framework to guide in the teaching  of sixth and seventh grade world history. HAF’s specific recommendations on...

​The School of Humanities strives to integrate the values of the university with the vision of its private donors. However, there are times when proposed gifts are not consonant with these values and the school and donors must part ways. Recently, the School of Humanities, in support of a recommendation by its Ad-Hoc Committee on Endowed Chairs, elected to return two gifts from the Dharma Civilization Foundation. The gifts, totaling $3 million, would have established the Thakkar...

BY NAVIN DOSHI
Today the humanity and the world seems to be in a more dangerous state than in all the previous decades of my life, more even than during the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962. There was a report on February 13 that Russia warned Turkey that Russia is prepared to use tactical nuclear weapons to defend Russian military assets in Syria from Turkish attack. NATO currently has amassed...

By Dr. RAJAT ARORA
To gauge the mammoth rise of the Indian population, the most ideal places to visit are Metro stations, airports, malls, railway stations and bus stands. A road-map to expand healthcare access across the nation has become a critical priority for policymakers. As per the Indian census carried out in 2011, the population figure...

India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, during his address to UN General Assembly in September 2014, had asked world leaders to adopt an international Yoga day, saying “Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well being.” On December 11, 2014, the  UN general assembly adopted a resolution by consensus, proclaiming June 21 as ‘International Day of Yoga’.