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INDIA CURRENTSCelebrating 29 Years of Excellence
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A Stroke of ... Luck?by Harshada Rajani
Seeking Kabir in Malwa by Jayaram Kalpathy
Picking Wasteby Anita Felicelli
a Shared History
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by Anirvan Chatterjee
African Americans and Indian Americans have been standing up for each other for over a century. Did you know?
Desia Shared History
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NOWHIRING!
May 1. 2015
Secrets R UsA federal circuit court has finally ruled
NSA’s activities illegal, stating that Section 215 of the Patriot Act “cannot bear the weight the government asks us to assign to it, and that it does not authorize the tele-phone metadata program.” (“NSA Collec-tion of Bulk Call Data Is Ruled Illegal.” New York Times, May 7, 2015.)
We hope that the secret collection of Americans’ phone records is on its way out.
Tamso Ma Jyotir Gamaya. Loosely trans-lated, this verse, attributed to the Brhada-ranyaka Upanishad, invokes a movement towards the light of knowledge.
Let the light of public accountability shine on the NSA’s deep secrets. For this, we can thank, in no small measure, Ed Snowden, currently in exile.
Depending on your political persuasion, Snowden is either a traitor for jeopardising national security, or a hero for shining light on NSA’s shameful secret.
Apparently, the National Security Agen-cy (NSA) had access to most of our secrets.
We know about this secret surveillance, because Ed Snowden told us.
Now Ed Snowden is in trouble for tell-ing us NSA’s secrets.
Perhaps it is the NSA that should be in trouble.
Let’s demand transparency and open doors, so the sun can come streaming in and dispel all that is secretive and wants to remain hidden.
Let’s demand that our public institutions stop trampling on our civil rights. Let’s ask for the police force to have body cams that shed light on what “really” happened.
Let’s tell Congress to sunset the Patriot Act.
Which means telling the NSA to put Sec-tion 215 where the sun don’t shine.
Geetika Pathania Jain, Ph.D. is guest Manag-ing Editor of India Currrents magazine. She has been keeping her doctorate a secret so people wouldn’t expect her to say clever things.
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June 2015 • vol 29 • no 3
1 | EDITORIALSecrets R UsBy Geetika Pathania Jain
8 | POLITICSImage Management 101By Sandip Roy
10 | A THOUSAND WORDSFault LinesBy Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan
22 | EDUCATION
Minimizing Stress During the College ProcessBy Purvi Mody
25 | PERSPECTIVEAre you desi enough?By Vibeka Sen
36 | FEATUREThe Little Independent Book-stores That CouldBy Lakshmi Warrier
28 | BUSINESS
Sammy the Stockpicker By Prabhy Palani
108| ON INGLISHThe Call of the KoelBy Kalpana Mohan
60 | DESI VOICE
My Stroke of ... Luck?Harshanda Rajani
59 | VIEWPOINTMy Tailor NaziBy Raji Venkatesan
110| THE LAST WORDAn Ode to Wives Who RuleBy Sarita Sarvate
LIFESTYLE
76 | Cultural Calendar86 | Spiritual Calendar
41 | TRAVELTen Days to TirumalaBy K.P. Naidu
67 | MUSICSeeking Kabir in MalwaBy Jayaram Kalpathy
92 | HEALTHY LIFEWhen Should Kids Start Yoga?By Arundhati Baitmangalkar
98 | DEAR DOCTOR Flustered During Difficult Discussions?By Alzak Amlani
106| RECIPESKesar Badam KulfiBy Jagruti Vedamati
DEPARTMENTS
4 | Letters to the Editor
7 | Popular Articles
WHAT’S CURRENT
30 | Ask a Lawyer
31 | Visa Dates
38 | Tax Talk
A Shared History
By Anirvan Chatterjee
16 | Black and Desi
Picking Waste
By Anita Felicelli
20 | Not For Profit
32 | BooksReviews of The Lives of Others, by Neel Mukherjee and Land Where I Flee by Prajwal Parajuly
By Jeanne Fredriksen, Vidya Pradhan
74 | FilmsReviews of Bombay Velvet and Piku
By Aniruddh Chawda, Jyoti Khera
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