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Jul 18, 20195 min read
"Proof" by Naatak Theatre Company
A couple of months ago, Naatak UpClose presented “Proof”, David Auburn’s intense, Pulitzer Prize winning play, directed by Devika Ashok....
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May 21, 20195 min read
Eric Yuan, Zoom and the Pursuit of Happiness
My first experience with Zoom video conferencing was in a Stanford Continuing Studies class. In the spring of 2016, I decided to take an...
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May 8, 20196 min read
The Odyssey, and Going Home ("Nostos")
One of the great joys of living near Stanford University is access to many outstanding events that are open to the community. One such...
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Apr 12, 20193 min read
Nature Never Did Betray the Heart that Loved Her
There are places that calm one's spirits, still one's restless mind and offer comfort, solace. These are the places where I love to walk,...
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Apr 6, 20191 min read
Spring Blooms and a Peacock at Filoli Gardens
Filoli is a historic house and garden in Woodside, California, and is one of the 28 sites owned by the National Trust for Historic...
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Mar 13, 201910 min read
Silicon Valley Reads 2019: Books on Family History
Silicon Valley Reads “is an annual community program that selects books focused on a contemporary theme and offers free events throughout...
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Mar 10, 201915 min read
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 5, 20197 min read
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, 20197 min read
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 23, 20188 min read
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 26, 20182 min read
"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, 20189 min read
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 5, 201813 min read
"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 18, 20182 min read
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 17, 20181 min read
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 9, 201810 min read
"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, 20182 min read
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, 20186 min read
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, 20181 min read
#FamiliesBelongTogether Rally in Redwood City CA, June 30, 2018
This Is What Democracy Looks Like. #FamiliesBelongTogether #RedwoodCity
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Jun 24, 20188 min read
"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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