Author: Lavina Melwani

Remembering the Lost 500,000 Americans Grieving with President Joe Biden… Today is a somber day – America has reached a milestone – we have lost over 500,000 people – friends, neighbors,  unknown human beings  – all a part of the big American family. It’s hard to believe that it’s almost been a year of horrendous loss, of masked strangers  passing n the street, each carrying grief and heaviness in their hearts. Today we passed over 500,000 Covid deaths in America. Each of these 500,000 had a name, a family, friends, loved ones and the collective loss weighs heavy on all…

How would you like to watch Hindi blockbusters and eat Indian food all day? That seems to be the delightful lifestyle Indian-American filmmaker and writer Sri Rao is blessed with! This Philadelphia native has taken two things which everyone loves – Indian food and Bollywood movies – and made a fun living out of them.

Valentine’s Day with President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden – a heartful affair!

Meet Dr. Chetna Singh, emergency care physician at Ocean Medical Center in New Jersey. For the last year she has grappled with the unending coronavirus pandemic, working the frontline in the emergency room.  Right from the first beginnings through the first wave to the second wave life has been lived out with the somber reality of packed hospitals, with patients on ventilators and near death, fighting against a relentless virus.

For millions of women and girls worldwide the inauguration of Kamala Devi Harris as the first black and South Asian woman vice president of America was an awe-aspiring moment – a feeling of being right in the middle of history being made.

Vikas Khanna’s debut feature film ‘The Last Color’ is now streaming on Amazon Prime – an emotional feel-good film for our stressful times.

There are many young women who agonize about starting a family during their child-bearing years and are searching for solutions. In an earlier feature we had explored the route of adoption which can create families where none existed. For others, there is the less traveled way of surrogacy – conceiving their biological child through surrogacy.

President-Elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris  introduce Americans to their sterling choices for the Department of Justice which has been battered by four years of Trump:

2020 was a scorcher – shell-shocked and weary we are so relieved to get off the scary ride in this nightmare amusement park.

In a year of being marooned at home, our televisions and our laptops became family, giving us solace and comfort and the laughs we desperately needed. Our streaming services were especially cherished as they ensured the latest blockbusters and hot serials came to us when we couldn’t go to the theaters.

2020 in America -Pandemic, Economic Disruption, Vote Wars. The year revisited through reports about tragedy and triumph.

Lilly Singh and Hasan Minhaj offer the perfect gifts for desi parents! Merry Christams!

For Indian-Americans, 2020 has been quite a year in the political life of the country – they not only brought out the vote for the winning Biden-Harris ticket but have also won some considerable victories up and down the ballot.

Chef Aarthi Sampath creates a Recipe for Resilience for the series of positivity during the pandemic initated by Children’s Hope India

President-elect Joe Biden had pledged that his team would look like the real America – and he is staying true to his word in thoughtfully selecting a cross-section of diverse, multiracial talent representing the country’s changing demographics. There are a number of Indian-Americans chosen for the new Biden-Harris administration.

A Suitable Boy has been with us for decades, in our hearts, the gift of everyone’s favorite author Vikram Seth. This global best-seller clocks in at 1349 pages and is one of the most beloved novels about a post-independence India. It has now been adapted to a BBC six part series by Mira Nair.

Pakoras: Can you stop at one?

Guess whom I saw outside Trump Tower? Was it or wasn’t?

Happy Thanksgiving! Introducing Vice President Elect Kamala Harris’s Cornbread Dressing – and some choice coments from the Twitter World!

Did you ever hear of the arrival of the turkey on to the Thanksgiving table being heralded as the arrival of the ‘dulhan’ or Indian bride? For Sunita Advaney’s family fixing the 30 lb bird was like preparing for an elaborate Indian wedding. Trust desis to bring their own take on this American holiday, imprinting it with their own special flavor!