Pulling common misconceptions out of popular circulation.

The end of the fierce winter.

Asha and Chetan met, ironically enough, at an Indian function.

I took a New Year’s trip to the Orient last year.

An exhilarating journey halfway across the world to China and Japan.

Why women have to cover up.

Acclaimed author Shoba Narayan shares her thoughts on food, India, and writing.

Connecting the 21st century, Julia Roberts, and shallow spirituality.

It is only after the third time S has galloped up and down the mandapam stairs that she realizes how unfit this activity is for the wearing of a sari. Six yards of silk had been coaxed into folds and drapes by hands far more skilled than hers. And now they are all coming undone.

Thousands of people armed with two hundred fifty pounds of rang.