Indian Americans Take Up Guns in Wake of Robberies
India West, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
After a spate of violent home invasions and robberies in recent months, Indian Americans living in Roswell, a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, are taking up guns.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Ethnicities, South Asian
Tags: crime, guns, indianamerican, robbery
Om My God, Who Wrecked our Yoga?
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Jan 16, 2012
With 20 million Americans doing yoga today, and several, several million more people worldwide, even deep breathing and chanting could do little to keep them from getting hopping mad at a recent New York Times article that painted a dirty picture of this ancient, holistic practice.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: dangerous, HAF, health, New York Times, statutory warning, yoga
Pakistan Has Always Been a Negative Identity: Aatish Taseer
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
Noon is a novel but in Aatish Taseer’s work, the lines between fiction and non-fiction, novel and memoir can appear blurry.
Categories: Featured Columnists, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Aatish Taseer, identity, indian, islam, Kashmir, noon, pakistan, violence
Rediscovering the Joy of Quiet: Thank You, Pico Iyer
First Post, Commentary, Posted: Jan 07, 2012
We live in a world these days where happiness is really about happen-iness. Ask not for whom the Blackberry pings, it pings for thee.
Categories: Religion, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: facebook, india, picoiyer, quiet, sandiproy, technology
“Healing Spices” Author Cooks Global Flavors for Better Health
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
"Healing Spices," the new book by University of Texas professor Bharat B. Aggarwal, shows how the world’s kitchens are also delicious medicine cabinets.
Categories: Health, Intersections, South Asian, Top Stories, food
Tags: Alzheimers, cancer, cooking, healing, health, healthfood, naturalfood, spices