I am grateful to be featured on the Lessons from the Monk I Married Blog as part of the “31 Writers, 31 Lessons” series. Here is an excerpt: Most of us know the familiar tale that we came out of Africa, but do we really understand what this means? This means that all of our [...]
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My guest post: We Are More Alike Than We Think
January 5th, 2012 · 4 Comments
Tags: culture · human development · miscellaneous · mobility · race · travel
Happiness, Humans and Technology
November 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment
On Saturday I watched the above National Geographic show on The Human Family Tree. I was pleasantly amused to see it was based in my diverse neighborhood of Queens: Astoria. If you ever need a reminder of how we are all one, you should definitely watch it! Seeing the progression of human migrations in the video, [...]
Tags: culture · economic development · health & well-being · human development · race · travel
Please throw this article into the black hole
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Another Sunday TOI article worth commenting on is this quite strange one, exhalting the color black. Isn’t it amazing how black can make the most powerful statement style wise, and yet is the most disempowered colour as skin tones go? Um, no, not really. Are you actually comparing racial oppression to a fashion statement? Another [...]
Get a pink glow with Pond’s
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
[youtube LULoHxxsCPs] Ah, yes, that pesky issue of skin whitening creams is back. A Telegraph article quotes an outraged head of the All-India Democratic Women’s Association over the above recent series of Pond’s advertisements. ‘White Beauty gives you a radiant pinkish white glow. Pale white or pinkish white, you choose.’ Hah! As if there’s a [...]
