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Tomorrow is another day
I was perhaps ten years old when my parents—ahem, my father, given that he made most of the budget decisions in the traditional patriarchal…
Mar 26
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When a crisis is predictable
I wanted to study urban planning in graduate school because I was convinced—intuitively, and not from formal education—that economic development was…
Mar 25
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Eclipse the FOMO
Everything is hyped up these days. It is no longer a forecast for heavy rains; instead, it is the “atmospheric river”. I was just about getting used to…
Mar 24
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Don't read this while walking
When I step out to run errands, whether it is to shop for groceries or to get my hair cut or whatever, more often than not, I intentionally leave my…
Mar 23
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Music and ... Brahmin Supremacy
(Non-Indian subscribers and those not familiar with South Indian classical music might perhaps feel lost in the details. Even if so, I hope you will at…
Mar 22
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We have all become colonizers
A couple of years ago, when I could afford a lot more magazine subscriptions than I currently do, I read a lengthy essay in The Atlantic, an essay that…
Mar 21
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Are the "kids" alright?
I asked her if she had any more classes to teach. She had one. And then she had a parent-teacher-conference at the end of the day. When you read that…
Mar 19
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A divorce for kids' futures
Back in 1987, when I joined graduate school at Los Angeles, I could not understand why the "natives" were complaining about the bad air quality there…
Mar 18
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Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’
Every morning when I am in the kitchen brewing the dark brown elixir of life, I can hear from a mosque somewhere in the distance the call to prayers. In…
Mar 17
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A lift that was depressing
It was warm when I stepped out for my morning walk at 5:30. Not a soul was astir. Well, except for the street dogs, which were already out and about on…
Mar 16
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
I read in the news, local news: More than 100 University of Oregon students pushed administrators and the Board of Trustees toward radical climate…
Mar 14
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Going viral
Four years ago, when it became clear that the pandemic was going to close down the world, during the final face-to-face meeting in March, students had…
Mar 13
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