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Women Empowerment Should be India’s Priority

6/21/2019

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BY SHRUTI SINGH
Women empowerment can be defined in very simple words - it is making women powerful so that they can take their own decisions regarding their lives and well being in the family and society. It is empowering women to make them able to get their real rights in the society.

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Karunanidhi Scratches on my Mind From Five Years in Chennai

8/16/2018

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​By Saeed Naqvi 
The way Karunanidhi burst upon the political scene in 1953 required political imagination. He pulled together several ideas that were dear to him and which moved the people to their core. The slogans were: my land is sacred to me and no one will appropriate it; my language will not be supplanted by another; 


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Surge in Yoga Culture in America

6/22/2018

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For the last several years, yoga and meditation are becoming more acceptable in America. Yoga has surged in popularity and its impact is everywhere: in movies, television, advertising, and schools. Americans have witnessed an increase in yoga studios, meditation centers and vegetarian restaurants, all of which have roots in India. Meditation was originally a huge part of yoga. Now, yoga is marketed as a series of asanas (postures)


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VACCINE HESITANT PARENTS AREN’T “CRACKPOTS”

11/2/2016

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BY PAUL THOMAS, M.D. AND JENNIFER MARGULIS, PH.D.
In an article in, the New York Post labeled vaccine-hesitant parents as “crackpots,” a sentiment that was then echoed on Good Morning America. The idea goes like this: parents who choose to delay, space out, or forego some vaccines are uneducated, selfish, misinformed, and—most importantly—putting other people’s children...


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Prof. George Hart of UC Berkeley: Erudite Scholar

3/25/2016

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​By PREM SOURI KISHORE
Awarded  the prestigious Padma Shri in 2015,  by the Government of India, George Hart, professor of Tamil Language at the University of California, Berkeley , is  distinguished for establishing  Tamil as a classical language  and for  his translations of Sangam Literature His devotion, commitment, scholarship  and...


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Political Representation Matters

12/1/2015

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​BY RAJIV DALAL
With over a half million Indian-Americans living in California, the state is home to the largest Indian diaspora community in the United States. And yet, there has never been an Indian-American representative in the California Legislature. I am running for the State Assembly to change that. Like so many others in...


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Where Gandhi & Mandela Are Palpable Parts of Our Present

8/27/2015

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By Danita Dodson
On July 13, 2015, a new era in my life began. Travelling from Tennessee, I arrived in California to attend the Ahimsa Center’s Summer Institute for K-12 teachers. Held at Cal Poly Pomona, Journeys of Nonviolence focused on two champions of nonviolent action for social change, Mohandas K. Gandhi and...


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Bollywood Dance Is About Understanding Culture

6/3/2015

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By NAKUL DEV MAHAJAN
I remember standing at the bottom foot of a raised stage at the India Independence Day celebration in Los Angeles in 1983, as two beautifully costumed Bharata Natyam dancers took their place with their ornate braided hair and dramatic eye make-up. An elegant and stunning lady dressed in a green and...


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50th Anniversary of Indo-Pak War: Remembering A Close Encounter

5/28/2015

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I was posted to Dwarka in Oct. 1963 and was there till the middle of Jun. 1967.   There were two signal units at that particular moment in Dwarka - No. 114 SU and No. 607 SU, where I was posted, along with one DSC Guards unit.  There was a Corporal Swamy (Radar Mechanic) who was trained on that particular radar equipment that were installed onto two big motor vehicles.


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Opportunity Waits for India to Scale Up in IT Sourcing

5/21/2015

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BY K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN
Nearly two decades ago, many U.S Corporations moved work mostly IT to India primarily for one reason – COST. It surely made sense, as it had a direct positive impact to the bottom line. While it is true to an extent even today, the reasons are not necessarily the same. In this global economy the success or failure of a company...


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