"I wanted to ask you for your thoughts,” says an Indian-American friend whose family is devastated by the state college admissions results last Friday. “My child didn’t make UC Berkeley or UCLA.  But he has top grades.”

  “I know yo… Read full post »

“So, dad, how do you grade my Spinach Kootu?”

Dad shut his eyes and pondered the question with the gravity of a professor on a Ph. D. defense committee.

To make this traditional South Indian dish for my dad, I picked baby spinach at the local farmer’s marke… Read full post »

“So you don’t consider yourself to be Asian? What are you then?”

 The gentleman was puzzled. He was Chinese-American and he was reflecting upon how our high school’s badminton team was made up solely of Asians. My son had already mentioned to me that… Read full post »

A.  They don’t want to talk about poverty

B.  They can’t fit in 4 song/dance numbers

C.  No Indian idol will make a fine Slumdog

D.  All of the above

In the opening chase scene of  Danny Boyle’s Slumdog… Read full post »