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Sep 21, 20231 min read

Lit Fest: Get your Tickets to SALA 2023, Oct 7-8!

The South Asian Literature and Arts Festival returns in 2023, this time at Menlo College in Atherton. It features over 60 Artists and...

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Sep 13, 20236 min read

From Palakkad Village Girl to Stylish Patti – The Fascinating Life of Lily Tharoor

I am in Kerala as I write this, having just returned to Kochi from visiting a beloved aunt in Palakkad District. I never tire of...

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Dec 29, 20201 min read

Suguna

In cold months, I wear The sweaters, caps and scarves you knitted, Feeling your love In their warm embrace. I picked the yarn, We picked...

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Nov 8, 20203 min read

Shyamala's Daughter, India's Granddaughter. Madam Vice President-Elect.

“And one day, like a miracle, he’ll be gone.” This was my favorite yard sign during the months leading up to the 2020 presidential...

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Oct 11, 20175 min read

"Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy" by Sheryl Sandberg and

Sheryl Sandberg’s and Adam Grant's recent book, "Option B, Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy" is a moving account of...

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Apr 9, 20171 min read

Loves me more

My friend would visit you often Surrogate child as both yours were overseas You spoke of your son, as you often did. My friend said to...

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Apr 9, 20172 min read

The Bookshelf

He is in the living room, sitting on the kitchen chair. He rises from the chair slowly, grasps his walking stick with his right hand....

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Apr 8, 20171 min read

The Prize

It was a singing contest. The last letter of the first person's song would need to be the first letter of the next person's song....

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Oct 29, 20162 min read

Time Travel (or I Was By Your Side)

I am capable of instantaneous travel, of transporting myself anywhere in seconds. Thursday May 7, 2009. I travel from Sunnyvale,...

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Oct 29, 20161 min read

Mother

When I was a child Through raging fevers Chickenpox Measles Coughs and colds Tonsillectomy You were always there Gentle and kind...

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