Women, Temples and Traditions: The Sabarimalai Conundrum

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By Anu Chitrapu BOSTON--On September 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of India ruled that women of any age should be allowed to visit the Sabarimalai...

Desi O’ Desi: What ya, WhatsApp ya!

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England News Columnist There was a New York Times article that talked about how desis love to wish each other good...

O’ Desi: After-Work-Out Eating: Desi-Style

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England News Columnist BOSTON--There seems to be an opinion out there that once we come to the US we become more...

Desi O’ Desi: High Maintenance NRIs and Non-Returning Indians

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England News Columnist BELMONT, MA--We can very easily be identified in India with our bottles of mineral water in our hands....

We, the Humble Bragger Desis: So Humble, the Humbled and Truly Humbled

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England News Columnist BELMONT, MA--We are all so humble! Just look at your Facebook feed and you can see all the...

Should Jallikattu, the traditional bull taming sport in Tamil Nadu, be banned or not?

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England News Columnist BOSTON--The past weeks have seen a lot of protests in the state of Tamil Nadu, against the ban...

Desi O’ Desi: No stone unturned for sending kids off to college milestone

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England Columnist BELMONT, MA--It is an emotional week all over the world as many parents are sending their kids off to...

A first look at Chennai-III: Truth is stranger than fiction!

By Anu Chitrapu This is the part-III and the final recollections of my working on relief operations in Chennai. “This too shall pass”, was something that...

A First Look at Chennai–II: Working in relief operations gave me lessons in strategy

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England Columnist BOSTON--While in Chennai I had the opportunity to work with an amazing team of volunteers who helped with the...

A first look at Chennai after floods: I thought I knew Chennai, but how...

By Anu Chitrapu INDIA New England News Columnist BOSTON—(Editor’s note: INDIA New England News Columnist Anu Chitrapu writes about her experiences working on the ground in...

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