Collecting My Thoughts

What an amazing rise and list of achievements for Indian Americans. Kamala Harris, daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants; Usha Chiluku...

Despite all the fretting over Trump's "America First" rhetoric, his administration strengthened relations with key partners. ...

The charts below are the COVID case and death count as reported by the World Health Organization for India and the United States. The WHO is...

"With a combined population of 241 million [Uttar Pradesh] there are only 199 active cases and the positive test rate is 0.01% – stati...

Yesterday I found a source of beautiful hymns, including “All glory laud and honor” for Palm Sunday, and was surprised they were from India—...

This morning I watched a program on EWTN called, “Where God Weeps,” which focuses each week on a different part of the world where God is wo...

The Christian missionaries couldn’t convert them, but did aid in their scholarship which benefitted the community. A fascinating article on ...

Amol Kaikini in the WSJ Best of the Web column wonders why journalists never mention that between 1947-1991, India was socialist.  He commen...

The January selection for our book club is Kim by Rudyard Kipling (1901). I'm finding it very interesting, and Kipling's knowledge ...

Or is it a religious or caste thing? "The Central Ohio American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and the Association of Ind...

"In 2004, The New York Times reported there were 35,000 "returned nonresident" Indians in the Indian city of Bengaluru (forme...

. . . but doesn't have any numbers to replace them. Story here .

This man just has no class. He's like the funny hat and smart uniform dictators they elect in Haiti.  He's totally oblivious to the...

Ramalinga Raju--A tough couple of weeks for rich crooks Stepping in front of trains, slashing wrists, messing with the minds of their friend...

The Times of India Here's another interesting video I saw at Rainy Day--how the Times of India, the world's largest English languag...

To fill your gas tank isn't the only issue, although you'd think so if you listened to the news. We've returned to Columbus fro...

The MCC Mailing list It's a lot easier getting on a mailing list than getting off. After the Tsunami, I sent relief money to the Mennon...

The Prescription Drug Plan Guest blogger today is Murray (aka Jack). I do not use this plan. This is his experience and actual corresponden...