Progress by the Diaspora "To whom much is given, much is required". Indicorps has paved the way for young Indian pioneers from the diaspora to productively engage in India's development. Anjali Dotson, a August 2006 Indicorps fellow, helped improve a rural women’s health clinic in Kutch, Gujarat. EGO captures Anjali's journey in her own words. View |
Caribbean Indians: Unveiled "It may be true that I indeed grew up in the United States, and I am proud of that but at the same I am proud to be a Caribbean Indian. Until I can take pride in my culture, I cannot take pride in myself." Anita Haridat explores her Indo-Carribean heritage in this essay. View |
On Stereotypes Deepal Chadha indulges in "a short essay of sorts on stereotypes, for no pressing reason". Are stereotypes true or false? Right or wrong? Can a stereotype be simultaneously true and false? All South Asians are cheap and good at math right? No? Ok, not all of them but most of them, right? No? View |
Cricket and Masculinity Ahh, the boys. With their blonde highlights and goatees, model-like girlfriends and surfer personas, the current Australian squad is a perfect reflection of the millennial metrosexual meme, currently needling a place into masculinity's mainstream. View |
Shonali Bose Uncut EGO's Sumita Sheth interviews the inspirational Writer and Director Shonali Bose about the US release of her award-winning "crossover" movie Amu, life as a first time writer/director when you have such a powerful movie to make and learned many things from this unforgettable lady. View |
A Bhangra Moment “Leave me alone! Just because I’m desi, it doesn’t mean I have to dance to every single bhangra song that gets played. Who are you to define my desiness?” which is a completely valid reaction and one that I accept." EGO columnist Sucheta Sachdev writes about a missed desi connection in a happening club in Washington D.C. View |
When Desis eat Kung Pow An anthropologist and writer living in New York, Sareeta Bipin Amrute works with immigrants and urban spaces. Here, she combines her passion for fiction and food to share a commentary on patriotism with EGO's readers: Chinese food tastes different in different countries. View |
How I envy you! "I bump into you everywhere, sipping chai outside of coffeeshops, reading legal documents on the metro, in YouTube Harvard commencement footage. Read on for EGO columnist, Mark Hiew's, funny yet reflective piece on the "bi-culturalness" of Asian Americans. View |
French Tuesdays What began in 2003 with a modest crowd of 40 attendees, the French Tuesdays party is now one of the most sought after events in New York City and host to hottest venues on the market. Veronique Berkeley and Fabrice Calmettes of French Tuesdays give EGO Columnist Krishna Purohit a peek into the intimate workings of a cultural prodigy. View |
French Cinema From Jean-Luc Godard to François Ozon, French cinema is a tour de force of endless soul searching, frank sexuality and lengthy dialogues. In a tête à tête with EGO's Krishna Purohit, Marie Losier, a film aficionado at Alliance Francaise in NYC unravels the complicated world of traditional and contemporary French cinema. View |
