Watermark Conference for Women, 2019 (The Power of Us!)
“The Power of Us” was this year’s theme for the fifth annual Watermark Conference for Women Silicon Valley, attended by over 7000 women,...
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- Mar 6, 2019
- 7 min
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...
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- Feb 23, 2019
- 7 min
Your Mother's Eyes, Your Father's Smile and "The Stranger in My Genes" by Bill Gri
We look at a child’s smile and match that smile to her mother or father. Resemblances, in appearance, in a laugh, in a gesture, in...
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- Oct 24, 2018
- 8 min
Indians for Collective Action (ICA): 50 Years of Social Service
Indians for Collective Action (ICA) is a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit group whose mission is to support sustainable development in...
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- Sep 27, 2018
- 2 min
"Queen" by Enacte Arts: the Bee's Knees!
This review was published in Indica News on Sept 27, 2018. Enacte Arts , whose tagline is "South Asian Stories with Universal Appeal",...
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- Sep 13, 2018
- 9 min
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...
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- Sep 6, 2018
- 13 min
"Mahabharat" by Naatak Theatre Company
A shorter version of this review was published in Indica News on Sept 11, 2018. A couple of months ago, I mentioned to Sunaina, my...
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- Aug 19, 2018
- 2 min
Kauai, the Garden Isle of Hawaii
There are few places on earth where, the second your feet touch the ground, the stress drains away. Hawaii is my #1 place in that...
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- Aug 18, 2018
- 1 min
Rudraksha trees and a Shiva temple in Kapa'a, Kauai
At the botanical gardens in Princeville, the tour guide pointed out some deep blue spheres on the ground, which she said were fruit of...
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- Jul 10, 2018
- 10 min
"Rashomon" by Naatak Theatre Company
A shorter version of this review was published in India West newspaper on Aug 1, 2018. In eager anticipation of Naatak’s adaptation of...
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- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
The Reluctant Poet
She picks words as she picks popcorn from a bowl, without looking, without effort. She threads them together as she threads beads into...
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- Jul 2, 2018
- 6 min
Take Time to Smell the Roses (and make Rose Jam!)
Eating rose petals? That concept is not as strange to me as it might be to some others. When I was a child, I remember wandering in the...
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- Jun 30, 2018
- 1 min
#FamiliesBelongTogether Rally in Redwood City CA, June 30, 2018
This Is What Democracy Looks Like. #FamiliesBelongTogether #RedwoodCity
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- Jun 24, 2018
- 8 min
"Welcome to your Intellectual Home": My Smith College Reunion
"Welcome to your intellectual home!" These were the warm words of President Kathleen McCartney as she welcomed an auditorium filled with...
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- Jun 20, 2018
- 2 min
Take My Hand
The past few weeks have brought jolting news of deaths by suicide, of fashion designer Kate Spade, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, and...
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- May 12, 2018
- 1 min
Yosemite in the Spring: Waterfalls, Rivers & Dogwoods in Bloom
Yosemite National Park, the nation's first national park. A place of breathtaking beauty, where one is humbled by the majesty of nature....
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- Apr 24, 2018
- 7 min
"Unicorns" by Naatak: Smoke and Mirrors at a Billion Dollar Start-Up
In Naatak Upclose’s “Unicorns”, we see an entertaining parody of the “best” of Silicon Valley: inflated valuations, self-promoting...
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- Apr 18, 2018
- 6 min
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...
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- Mar 24, 2018
- 1 min
#MarchForOurLives Rally in Redwood City, CA
#MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #guncontrol
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- Mar 21, 2018
- 1 min
Junot Diaz's reading of "Islandborn" at Kepler's Menlo Park
Junot Diaz read from his new children's book Islandborn at Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park. It was a sold out event, which started with...
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