Opinion
Celebrating Navratri and the Strength of Our Communities
As I travel throughout New Jersey during this time every year, I am reminded of the beautiful and auspicious occasion of Navratri. In each and every corner of the state,…
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Diaspora
The Crowd Within: Why Good People Join Mobs — and How Reason Can Return
A dispute over water. A rumour whispered in a market. A perceived insult. These are small sparks. Yet they can ignite a fire that consumes a community. In the heat…
Education
Emergency Responders Need Basic ASL Training
During an emergency, communication can determine whether a person receives fast and appropriate help. For Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, communication barriers can make an already frightening situation more dangerous. Emergency…
White House
Could Unfulfilled Campaign Promises Cost Trump’s Party Control of Congress?
The clearest evidence so far is that Trump's 2024 coalition is showing measurable signs of strain, if not fracture. It does not yet establish that all the voters who helped…
Africa
Peace Must Become an Inheritance: Development, Dialogue and Security for the Sahrawi People
The United Nations must look beyond the immediate symptoms of prolonged conflict and strengthen the conditions that allow communities to live with dignity, security, and opportunity. “When a people have…
Defense
Opinion: Difficult Times for Zelensky
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky is in a spot. The war with Russia that is now in its fifth year is not exactly going by Kyiv’s calculations. At one…
Diaspora
Soul Talk: Surrounded Yet Unseen
A subtle disconnect exists in being constantly watched without ever being known. Paradoxically, the most connected generation in human history is also the loneliest. People have networks, followers, and group…
Australia
How the Land Reshaped the Cranbourne South Temple Plans
Public consultation has opened on plans for the BAPS Hindu Mahā-Mandir at Cranbourne South, and they tell a story of their own. Over the life of the project the design…
Diaspora
The Maldives has a $20 Billion Question for Sri Lanka
There is a number that policymakers in Colombo should contemplate carefully: $20bn. The Government of the Maldives has agreed commercial terms with Eagle Hills, the UAE based real estate investment…
Diaspora
An Unexpected Birthday
As a child, my favorite day of the year, as all children, was my birthday. My mother would plan at least two months in advance. Everything had to be perfect…
Diaspora
Micro-Influencing and Entrepreneurship: The New Indian Dream
For generations, the Indian definition of success followed a predictable path: excel in school, land a stable government or corporate job, and spend the next four decades climbing a well-defined…
Capitol Hill
Opinion: Battling in the Stretch
The November 3, 2026, mid-terms could well turn out one of the most divisive political contests in America, not in terms of the barbs and insults thrown around but, in…
Diaspora
The United Nations’ Next Secretary-General Must Bridge a Fragmenting World
The next Secretary-General of the United Nations will inherit an organization straddling two distinct realities. The first is the world that gave rise to the United Nations in 1945, when…