Renaissance woman
The Hindu–Jan 7, 2017
… in New York and transported her Indian existence here. Lavina Melwani is a New York based journalist for several international publications.
Being brown in America: Even legal Indian immigrants are scared of …
Scroll.in–Nov 24, 2016
It was a sight few New Yorkers could have imagined but there it was on the night of November 8 – the huge, glowering face of Donald Trump …
Interactive art: Why a solid-gold toilet titled ‘America’ is also a …
Scroll.in–Sep 19, 2016
Lavina Melwani is a New York-based journalist who writes for several international publications. She blogs at Lassi with Lavina and tweets …
How Guru Google and Fed Ex changed Diwali for Indians in the US
Scroll.in–Oct 28, 2016
Lavina Melwani is a New York-based journalist who writes for several international publications. She blogs at Lassi with Lavina and tweets at …
Raising the bar
The Hindu–Aug 22, 2015
Lavina Melwani is a New-York based journalist. Follow @lavinamelwani. Errata: This article earlier spelt Rippi Gill’s name as Rippy Gill.
The Power of Belief
Beliefnet–Aug 14, 2016
By Lavina Melwani. Lavina Melwani. Faith in a higher power infiltrates all of life in India. When things are tough or challenging, you see God is at every corner.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Outlook–Jun 7, 2013
Doing ground-breaking cancer research and writing a Pulitzer Prize-winning book are probably amongst the toughest things in the world but Dr …
Why have Indian-Americans lost the art of eating with their hands?
Quartz–May 1, 2015
Eating with your hands is a strict no-no, a taboo in polite western society, while hands are the utensils of choice in some parts of the world, …
Up close and personal with Mani Ratnam
The Hindu–Sep 26, 2015
With his grey hair, rimmed eye-glasses and gentle smile, Mani Ratnam is an unlikely global rock star. Yet, rock star h
East meets West
The Hindu–Apr 5, 2014
Lavina Melwani is a New York-based journalist who blogs at www.lassiwithlavina.com. Keywords: Lavina Melwani, 2014 Asia Week, New York, …
Immigrant voices
The Hindu–May 30, 2015
Lavina Melwani is a New York based journalist and blogs at Lassi with Lavina – www.lassiwithlavina.com Twitter
In Search of Knowledge
Beliefnet–Feb 7, 2016
When we were young, there was one lesson we learned early from Hindu parents – a respect for knowledge. If we dropped a book by accident, we not only had …
Lavina Melwani is a New York-based journalist who writes for several international publications and blogs at www.lassiwithlavina.com.
