Writes Enakshi Choudhari - Change may be here at last and it is not the “change” that the different presidential candidates have been expounding upon everyday for the past few weeks and months. The change I am talking about is taking place in the corridors of the U.S. Department of ...

Writes Basab Pradhan - “Bailout” was a bad word in the US to begin with. The current financial crisis and the US government’s $700 B plan to revive the market for troubled mortgage based assets have made it toxic. What does “bailout” mean to Joe Citizen? It means that a company ...

I met Lily Mei outside Forest Park Elementary School in Fremont as she handed out fliers proclaiming “Do the right thing!” She was supporting the teachers as they protested the proposed cuts in education in the upcoming California State budget and urged parents to call their representatives. Lily Mei is standing ...

An aide for Senator McCain inadvertently provided fodder for late night comedy when he pointed to his Blackberry and stated that the Senator was responsible for it. It is not an exaggeration to say that a gaffe along similar lines successfully smeared Al Gore 8 years ago( remember who invented ...

He is a quiet phenomenon. Dya Singh may not be part of the spiritual mainstream yet, but the jovial singer attracts capacity crowds as he makes his way around the world, singing shabads, kirtans, bhajans and semi-classical film songs with the underlying purpose of spreading truth and goodness. The message ...

-Water, No Ice and the India Community Center jointly announce a Parent-and-Me Geography Bee. Rules can be found here and registration can be done here on the  ICC website. Contest date is November 16, 2008. We have some terrific prizes on offer. GiveIndia  is ...

By Vidya Pradhan Carly Fiorina just went on record saying that none of the candidates was capable of running a corporation. In her words - I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation. I don't think Barack Obama could run ...

By Vidya Pradhan   Investment in quality education and a vision for increasing the competitiveness of future American workers is a crucial long-term issue that often gets forgotten in the immediacy of political campaigning. (Though one education legislation has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. A ridiculous and deceptive ad by the McCain campaign accused Obama of creating legislation to teach sex to kindergarteners. The facts? Obama supported, not sponsored, a bill whose purpose was primarily to make kids aware of the dangers of sexual predators.)   Here are the two candidates’ views on education.

Imagine you were cleaning out your closet and came across photos of yourself and your friends from a few decades ago. Would the pictures make you laugh or would you cry? Did you live up to the promises of those snapshots in time or did you end up making compromises like everyone else? And whatever happened to those great guys you knew? Director Abhishek Kapoor explores the angst of nostalgia in his second film, Rock On, starring an ensemble cast with the only familiar face being Farhan Akhtar. Farhan, who directed another superb buddy movie, Dil Chahta Hai, gets in front of the camera this time, delivering a knockout performance which is sure to leave more than a few knees weak.

By Vidya Pradhan Ha! Who says Indians don't have a sophisticated sense of humor? Well, judging from the dreck on display in Bollywood and satellite TV, that would be me. But Sandeep Sood's sly look at the cultural conflict brought on by outsourcing and the globalization of business is a delight. Witty and wry at the same time, "Doubtsourcing" is a refreshing change from the bodily-function/vernacular accent based comedy that passes for humor in India.