Category Archives: India
Feminism Sans Borders – the Transnational Feminism Conference
When I first read that the South Asia forum in Madison, Wisconsin is organizing a conference on Transnational Feminism (thanks temporal) I was not sure what to make of it (and honestly it sounded like a phrase straight out of an Arundhati Roy polemic) – but I immediately knew that I wanted to attend because [...]
Soniaji – I was wrong
After the last elections, when it appeared that Sonia Gandhi might be the next Prime Minister of India, I went ballistic with anger. An immigrant in a foreign country who felt proud whenever a person of Indian origin was elected to an official position in countries like the US, Canada or UK, it was an [...]
State of The Union-India
Listening to President Bush’s state of the union address on Tuesday, I felt a surge of pride when I heard India (along with China) mentioned as a potential competitor to the US. I was curious to find out the number of times and the contexts in which India figured in previous State of the Union [...]
Paritrana-getting to know them a little bit more!
My interview with Paritrana’s national treasurer – Chandrashekhar. Ever since this news item was published in the Times of India about Paritrana, I have been excited by the story. Of course, like everyone else I was curious to know more about the people behind this effort and about their ideologies. The TOI article was rather [...]
Walmart critics – all fart and no shit!
Anti Wal-Mart crusaders are all fart and no shit. Consider exhibit A – a guy from down under, a place which apparently does not even have a Wal-Mart, claiming to be an expert on the effects of the imminent arrival of Wal-Mart to India. He ends up writing a purported satire on Desicritics that screams, [...]
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