May 2011
Desh Videsh May 2011 – Cover Story
Gandhi Giri-Resurrected
The world is full of revolts, public outrages and wars. Civil uprisings sweep across many countries. The virus of revolution stemmed in Yemen and in no time took most of the Middle East in its grip. India is no exception. Nonetheless, her approach is exemplary. Non-violence is a weapon of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi It has been 65 years …
e-Magazine
Book Review
Book Review – Indian-American’s book on cancer wins the Pulitzer
Author by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular …
Get to Know, Health
I went to sleep at the…zzz
Author by Shruti Patel When initially brain-storming for this article, I started with ideas about fitness and eating well. I then came across an epidemic that deserves to be acknowledged: sleep deprivation. In this context, an epidemic is simply a factor that affects many people in a population; specifically, I am looking at the teen student population. Many other students …
Immigration
Immigration Q & A May 2011
Author by Edward Boreth A company is sponsoring me for an H1-B visa, but the attorney has told me I cannot start work until the first of October. Why is that? Each year Congress permits 65,000 new H1-B visas to be granted. Additionally, USCIS accepts 20,000 petitions for aliens with advanced degrees (known as the Master’s Cap). Congress mandated that …
India News, NRI News
Second to None- India’s Moment of Sporting Glory
Cricket today is literally a different ball game. The competition is bloodier, players are more injury prone and the stakes are the highest in terms of repute and reward. As sweet as the Indian cricket team’s victory was in 1983, there’s something so momentous about winning the 2011 World Cup that almost all sporting achievements by Indians in the international …
Bridal Expo
MyShadi Bridal Expo Atlanta 2011
Even before the doors opened, brides eagerly waited to step foot into an exhibit hall adorned with sophisticated, eye-catching mandaps and scattered with vendors artfully displaying the latest jewelry and clothing designs. The MyShadi Bridal Expo held on April 17 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta, Georgia, kicked off to a great start as a varied group of attendees …
Bridal Expo
Global Gurudev
An ode to the Nobel laureate, poet, dramatist, philosopher, educationist, composer and painter Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore – by Lovejeet Alexander Calcutta-born philosopher-poet-painter Rabindranath Tagore was one of the best known international figures of the intellectual world in the initial decades of the 20th century. Although Tagore, popularly known as Gurudev, wrote primarily in Bengali his popularity could not remain restricted …
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