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From Aziz Inan, professor, University of Portland Albert Einstein who was born on Mar.14 1879 in Ulm, Germany and died on Apr.18, 1955 in Princeton, NJ, was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of

From Dilip Amin, Ph. D., Director, Peninsula Multifaith Coalition,San Francisco Bay area, certified speaker at Islamic Networks Group, and Dharma Ambassador of the Hindu American Foundation. I asked my American born son, who is on track for a faculty position at

From Sundar Viswam, New York, NY Russia and Ukraine are currently engaged in a totally unnecessary but devastating war in which there will be no eventual winner but much tragedy and many losers, whichever way it goes. Thousands of civilians and

From Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, author and freelance journalist In ‘Wag the Dog’ a 1997 movie, a fictional president (eerily similar to Bill Clinton) is caught in a sex scandal that is undermining his presidency. Asked to save it, a spin doctor

From Rishikant Singh, former regional manager – Americas, Air India India’s heritage of respecting nature stems from the concept of worship of Goddess Vandevi, an avatar of Goddess Parvati, consort of Lord Shiva, one in the trio of the Hindu pantheon.

From Vijendra Agarwal, president Vidya Gyan, Inner Grove Hts, MN The wild West of California with many high-tech conglomerates is also home to a significant population of people of Indian and South Asian ancestry. California also stands out in public higher

From T.S. Khanna, Alamo, CA After the partition and Independence, Indian nation was in a disturbed and challenging mood. That is when the Almighty sent a singing angel, Lata M., to sooth the mood. In those pivotal times, Lataji exuded boundless

From Aziz Inan, professor, University of Portland Lata Mangeshkar passed away on Feb.6. She is widely considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers in India. She recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few