20 Years One Vision Sakhi celebrated its 20th anniversary and hosted its 7th Gala Benefit on Friday, Oct. 2 at the regal Prince George Ballroom. The evening, with the theme 20 Years One Vision: Ending Violence Against Women, depicted the profound individual and community transformations Sakhi has made possible over its history. View |
Lanka Solidarity Lanka Solidarity is a collective formed this year by a group of multiethnic individuals based in North America who discovered a shared interest in understanding ground realities in Sri Lanka. It is hosting its first fundraiser for refugees displaced in the last year due to the armed conflict in Sri Lanka that has been going on for 26 years. View |
This London "This London" follows the coming-of-age of a group of Punjabi immigrant girls in London by Balli Kaur Jaswal. Her short story "Painters" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In 2007, she received the David TK Wong Fellowship to spend a year in England writing her current novel-in-progress, "When Amrit Returns." View |
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 |
