By KBS Ramachandra Of the many twists and turns in the Ramayana, the most troubling one is that of Rama abandoning Sita based on the public perception of her character. The difficult period of vanavaasa (forest stay) was over. The trauma of losing his beloved and all the troubles to recover her from the clutches [...]

Narmada is a unique river. As the story goes, it is supposed that the Ganga comes to Narmada once a year in the form of a coal black cow, takes a dip in the Narmada River and returns as a white cow-absolved of all the sins, as they dissolve in Narmada. Well Ganga cannot sin but yes the contemporary society has certainly left no stone unturned to make it black!

Four perfectly turbaned men danced bhangra in a synchronized circle on Thanksgiving evening, with toddlers running across the dance floor simultaneously, a mother nursing her infant in the coatroom, and about two hundred guests cheering them on while also savoring murg makhani (butter chicken) and naan. In an Indian family like mine, anything marriage trumps all. Kamal Zubieta writes more.