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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...

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...

At the botanical gardens in Princeville, the tour guide pointed out some deep blue spheres on the ground, which she said were fruit of...

A shorter version of this review was published in India West newspaper on Aug 1, 2018. In eager anticipation of Naatak’s adaptation of...

She picks words as she picks popcorn from a bowl, without looking, without effort. She threads them together as she threads beads into...

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...

This Is What Democracy Looks Like. #FamiliesBelongTogether #RedwoodCity

"Welcome to your intellectual home!" These were the warm words of President Kathleen McCartney as she welcomed an auditorium filled with...

The past few weeks have brought jolting news of deaths by suicide, of fashion designer Kate Spade, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, and...

Yosemite National Park, the nation's first national park. A place of breathtaking beauty, where one is humbled by the majesty of nature....

In Naatak Upclose’s “Unicorns”, we see an entertaining parody of the “best” of Silicon Valley: inflated valuations, self-promoting...

This piece was published in India West newspaper on May 16, 2018 Much has been written about the mind. It is mysterious. Sigmund Freud...

#MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #guncontrol

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...

The fire engine red Strand Theater is a striking sight on San Francisco's Market Street. A block away from the Orpheum theater, it...

#Images #Photos #SanFrancisco #LawrenceArgent #TrinityPlace #VenusdeMilo

Dark comedies are not generally my cup of tea. Give me a straight up comedy, or give me straight up darkness. The combination somehow...

There is a man named Khosla A Silicon Valley type With SUN he made his billions And then he found a gripe He bought a beachfront mansion...

This piece was published in India West newspaper on Feb 24, 2018. SAN JOSE, Calif. – The troubled and colorful life of thumri singer...

The energy from 6500 women was palpable as they came together at a critical juncture in the national discussion about the treatment of...