Recent Entries
Summer Reading: Hope
Last week, I reviewed two books with sobering messages (namely, our food is making us sick and our military is spending more... read more
Summer Reading: Simple Solutions & Complex Problems
Ah, yes, I fondly remember the old days. All I needed was a piping hot cup of tea, a cozy corner in a well-lit room, and the latest installmen... read more
Citizenship
On Wednesday, May 28th, at 10.30 a.m., I became a U.S. citizen. Inside Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium, I was one of 1,900 people who, in fr... read more
Blogs and Education (Revisited)
It has been over 3 months since I posted my last article on Blogster (“Blogs and Education”). But rest assured. Rather than writing... read more
Blogs + Education
Blogster is about to be hit by another tidal wave of weekly writings, all rippling out of the small college town of Chico in northern Calif... read more
Rushdie and Satire
The irony about satire (if you catch my drift) is that most satirists actually seem to take themselves quite seriously. On the surface, they appear to... read more
Mukherjee + Subalterns
"Can the subaltern speak?" It's a question that is often asked in the field of literary s... read more
Bessie Head + a Frameless World
We take frames for granted. By frames, I don't necessarily mean the four-sided structure... read more
Ishiguro and the Bridge of Hesitation
Some time in our lives, we inevitably experience that Robert Frost moment when we find ourselves at a crossroads, and wonder ... read more
China: Part Five (Smog)
You can't avoid the smog in China. Even in the relatively deindustrialized city of Chengdu, a dull grey smog lingers in the air most of t... read more
