May 16, 2008 Bay Area Edition Vol. 4 No. 9 Events   There are 20 upcoming events listed in our Bay Area calendar. Click here for calendar. In the News From the Chicago Tribune: "Sikh activists urged Northwestern to 'unequivocally condemn' Kamal Nath’s appearance at its 14th India Business Conference this past weekend. Nath, currently India’s minister for commerce and industry, was among many party leaders accused of organizing pogroms in November 1984, shortly after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards." * * * Hurricane Nargis devastated Burma last week, leaving tens of thousands dead, and hundreds of thousands still homeless. * * * And in China's Sichuan province, a huge earthquake is estimated to have killed nearly 50000 people. Jesus on the ballot Christianity has long been known as a religion of conversion, but author and historian Mukul Kesavan explores why it is also a prerequisite in the halls of American Government. A closer look at two politicians who have converted begs the question: Just how separate are church and state in American politics? More... 9-11 Travels East The ripples from the fall of the Twin Towers in New York City are more like waves as they crash on distant shores and the anti-terrorism boat showers money and power on governments quick to utilize the new fears and laws to hold agitators in their own country unjustly. Journalist and peace activist J. Sri Raman highlights the case of activist Binayak Sen. More... Book Review - The Palace of Illusions Lakshmi Jagannathan reviews the latest book from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The book, The Palace of Illusions, is a new look at Draupadi in the Mahabharata..."an ancient story of drama, intrigue, skullduggery, passion, violence, lust -- there's a lot to mine in the Mahabharata, and Divakaruni does it with gusto...People discover the folly of being lost in the material world, in the epic, but the lessons have not been aborbed by modern man. This book [attempts to] bring those lessons home, and who knows...might succeed." More... The Butler Did It Both in tradition and in the semi-skewed world of Wodehousiana, it is the Sishya who is supposed embarrass the Guru, not the other way about. "Suppose, Jeeves", asked Wooster once, "someone were to see you dancing in your underwear in the middle of Piccadilly..." Jeeves nixed the thought pronto: "The contingency is a remote one, sir", But life is not constrained to respect plausibility, and Niranjan Ramakrishnan sees a Wodehousian subplot amidst the squabbles of Campaign 2008. More... Fuel (f)or food? Melvin Durai 'rices' to the occasion again, reviewing the global reliance on the grain and the impact the recent price hikes on the staple are causing. While his wit makes the topic more palatable, the aftertaste of his thoughts are hard to rinse away. More... Movies     There are 10 movies playing in Bay Area. Details... Election 2008 After Barack Obama won North Carolina in a landslide and Hillary Rodham Clinton squeaked through in Indiana, Obama was crowned in the press. Then came West Virginia, which Clinton won by 67-26. According to the Clinton campaign, anything can happen. It did. John Edwards, probably sore sitting on the fence all these months, endorsed Obama. The Clinton campaign says it ain't over yet -- there's Kentucky, and Oregon, then more primaries in Montana, South Dakota, etc. What a doughty fighter Clinton is...for herself...If only she had opposed the War as valiantly, she'd have been the nominee by now! About us |Submit articles |Advertise | Contact us |Subscribe FREE |Privacy Policy |Archives Copyright© indogram - the global Indian village in your neighborhood™