Despite the United States being a nation built on native and immigrant sweat and blood, a persistent bias exists toward certain immigrant groups, mainly Indian professionals. Especially those on H-1B…
In recent years, Americans have grown increasingly skeptical about the value and affordability of higher education. A 2024 Gallup-Lumina Foundation poll found that only 36% of adults express a high…
In March 2025, Mexico City made a move to ban traditional bullfighting practices that involve harming or killing bulls. Instead, the new law allows only bloodless bullfights, where the animals…
The caste system often gets a beating, mainly for not being understood or for purposefully misinterpreted. Based on cultural understanding, the caste system in its original form was a functional…
Election 2024, Social Capital, and Political Culture Theories The Trump 2024 victory can be examined through the lenses of Robert Putnam's social capital theory and Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba's…
South Asia typically includes India, the Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Some international textbooks and definitions may include Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Iran. The irony is that this…
Yoga means many things to people, and the idea and phenomenon of redefining and misunderstanding yoga have always guaranteed one thing—further removal of Yoga from its original intent. One such…
Bhutan, the last Himalayan Kingdom, offers a unique blend of spiritual sanctuaries and a groundbreaking development philosophy centered around Gross National Happiness (GNH). My first reading of Bhutan's GNH and…
Artificial Intelligence (AI), or technological advances, has seen many breakthroughs in various fields. These developments have made many professions obsolete due to the fear of massive job losses. However, though…
The East or the West does not understand the etymology of "woke" well. African American activists coined Woke in the early 20th century to denote racial injustice and societal inequality.…
Anjali Kanojia