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Silicon Valley Reads Event Recording: AI and Ethics in Commerce, Medicine and Journalism
Silicon Valley Reads chose as its 2025 theme “Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better World.” I moderated a session presented by...
Mar 31 min read
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Booker Winner Shehan Karunatilaka on Cricket, Civil War and Talking Ghosts in Colombo
“Dictators are pretty good for landscaping and gardens,” quipped Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The...
Dec 1, 20244 min read
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Ink from the Island: Sri Lankan Writers Have a Moment
The South Asian Art and Literature Festival (SALA 2024) hosted three award-winning writers of Sri Lankan descent on September 28th at...
Nov 28, 20244 min read
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Talent and Pain: A Slice of Suvir Saran
Chef, writer and humanist extraordinaire Suvir Saran came to his SALA 2024 “A Slice of Life” session with VR Ferose , looking absolutely...
Oct 18, 20244 min read
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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...
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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Raji's Recordings!
I have moderated book discussions and author interviews in the past few years, and even participated in a Readathon! The recordings are...
Mar 31, 20235 min read
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Silicon Valley Reads 2021: "Connecting" - Upcoming events!
The COVID-19 pandemic took its place in our lives at the beginning of 2020, and changed life as we know it. Silicon Valley Reads picks a...
Jan 22, 20212 min read
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"Alpha Girls" by Julian Guthrie (Silicon Valley Reads 2020)
“Women – Making It Happen. Celebrating 100 years of women’s achievements.” This was the 2020 theme for Silicon Valley Reads, in honor of...
Aug 15, 202010 min read
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The Bay Area's first South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA 2019)
The picturesque Villa Montalvo in Saratoga was the venue for the Bay Area’s first South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA 2019)...
Oct 9, 201911 min read
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Nandita Das and the Making of "Manto"
This piece was published in India Currents ("Nandita Das Delights at Stanford") on March 12, 2019. Actor and film director Nandita Das...
Mar 5, 20197 min read
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Career and Mentoring: IBPW's annual conference
Indian Business and Professional Women (IBPW), a non-profit support network that promotes education, leadership and self-development...
Sep 13, 20189 min read
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Coping, Caring, & Compassion: A Panel Discussion on Mental Illness
This piece was published in India West newspaper on May 16, 2018 Much has been written about the mind. It is mysterious. Sigmund Freud...
Apr 18, 20186 min read
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Watermark Conference for Women 2018 (Time's Up!)
The energy from 6500 women was palpable as they came together at a critical juncture in the national discussion about the treatment of...
Feb 24, 20186 min read
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