There are many young women who agonize about starting a family during their child-bearing years and are searching for solutions. In an earlier feature we had explored the route of adoption which can create families where none existed. For others, there is the less traveled way of surrogacy – conceiving their biological child through surrogacy.
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2020 in America -Pandemic, Economic Disruption, Vote Wars. The year revisited through reports about tragedy and triumph.
In this grim time of the pandemic, what can be more joyful than having the iconic AR Rahman visit you in your home, on the wings of music, along with singer Ila Paliwal and the celebrity chef Vikas Khanna?
He makes hundreds of pink origami lotuses bloom in the Rubin Museum of Art with a twist of his fingers.
He recreates a surreal miniature world of animated figures and glittering jewels in the show windows of Cartiers on Fifth Avenue.And yet, Uttam Grandhi is a mechanical engineer who’s created new PPE and masks for this age of COVID
The tea had a special earthy flavor in this cup and the fact that the clay container would once again become one with nature seemed a beautiful idea. After all, aren’t ancient civilizations traced out by the clay remains of their days?
Our civilization of course will probably be remembered by the piles of plastic containers and garbage stuffed landfills we will leave behind! So the idea of the reborn clay utensils really appealed to me.
A world-class music concert, a major dance festival, a film festival are the delights of summer, must-see events on our social calendar. In years past each was a much anticipated real life event, with dressed-up crowds meeting their friends and rubbing shoulders with celebrities. Here we share the past memories and how each event has been reborn, reinvented this year.
Indian Matchmaking on Netflix turns a magnifying glass on the traditional Indian arranged marriage with modern couples.
At a time when the coronavirus has caused chaos in many parts of the world and decimated businesses in towns and cities, tech entrepreneur Sree Sreenivasan has started a new venture.
]he days of invasions and colonization may be over but the world is now facing a mass threat from an invisible invader – the infamous coronavirus which has caused so much grief and pain in countries around the globe. Just a few months back, this insidious virus had been a blip on the horizon, a tragedy that was unfolding in far-off Wuhan in China. Like a thundering army, the Novel coronavirus which causes the deadly COVID-19 disease has spread across the world, leaving no country untouched.
As the caronavirus pandemic hits countries around the world, Indiaspora’s ChaloGive for Covid-19 has raised over $1 million for food security for hard-hit populations in both India and America.
The economic, social, political, and health related fallout from this virus will reverberate for some time to come. The safety of everyone and taking care of those affected is paramount right now. Alleviating your concerns during this time is most important. We know that we’re going to get through this, together. There is a tremendous amount of help out there, please take full advantage of it.
In American culture, it’s becoming increasingly common for parents to be more like your friends than authority figures, but as a desi that can be an uncomfortable situation both for the parents as well as children.
It was a sold-out event, one of Children’s Hope India’s (CHI) most successful fundraising galas with over 500 guests from the tri-state area.
The theme of the evening was Children on the Move and it celebrated the upward progress of children through education and enhanced opportunities through CHI programs.
As a journalist, I’ve always been intrigued by the unique experiences, sights and sounds of individual lives, a billion stories waiting to be told. Immigrants who’ve traveled to a new country always have their idiosyncratic cache of memories, of a past which belongs only to themselves.
Ayurveda holds the secret to living a healthy, beautiful life. Ayurvedic practitioner Simmi Chopra Bhatia shares tips in her lectures at Pure Yoga East in NY.
Mintu Pandher, a Sikh Indian-American, has been very successful in the American trucking industry
The end of 377 has changed life for the LGBTQ community in India – take a look at a gathering in New York to find the roots of this movement
On Father’s Day, what gift do you give to the perfect dad? Two creative teens give you the perfect solution!
In the high-tech and fast-paced world we live in, summer camp is one of the last few respites for children to avoid technology and escapes where they can be kids.
It is still hard for me to reconcile the peaceful nature of this predominantly Buddhist country with its violent history, because I really did not live through it for very long. Within a year of moving, the civil war was suddenly over. The emotional scars remain for those who did live through it, but the physical reminders of the war were gone — no more checkpoints and no more rifles.