by Tanu S Pandey | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
For the first time in 20 years, I held the Swastika in my hands during Diwali in India this year (2017) without feeling a twinge of concern. Last year, when the priest drew out a Swastika on the wall of the entrance of my new home in India, I confess I experienced a...
by Tanu S Pandey | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Two years ago, I decided to make a major change in my life, one that drew gasps of horror from many. I resigned from a faculty position at a prestigious internationally renowned university and accepted a telecommute position at a notorious health insurance company....
by Tanu S Pandey | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers that occur in women. It starts in the lower part of the uterus called the cervix. It is a highly preventable cancer as most of the cases occur due to a viral infection with HPV – human papilloma virus. This...
by Tanu S Pandey | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I thought about reading this book, I honestly didn’t expect much. I assumed it must be Bollywood oriented fluff with cheesy descriptions of stars and their lives surrounded by obscene excess, especially Taimur and his parents. After all Bollywood does not really...
by Tanu S Pandey | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today Papa and I decided to walk to the market, about half a mile away. We wanted to buy some knick knacks that were not really necessary, but we had convinced ourselves that they were critical to our existence, just so that we could go shopping. We crossed the street...
by Tanu S Pandey | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Papa and I always have a good time together. We are like two peas in a pod. He is 80 and quite frail but mentally 100% there. One of our favorite things to do is go for a walk in the community. During this 30-60 minute walk we talk absolute nonsense. Don’t get me...
by Tanu S Pandey | Sep 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Toxic Hindu masculinity in India is being challenged in many ways these days – by feminism, by homosexuality, by casteism, by non-Hindus. Male chauvinism has never been more insecure than it is today – it is deathly afraid of losing its dominion, its supremacy, its...
by Tanu S Pandey | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
As the civil war in Syria shows no signs of de-escalating, worrisome evidence points towards the deployment of chemical warfare with banned agents recently, resulting in almost a hundred deaths with more than a quarter of them children. Chlorine and Sarin gas are...
by Tanu S Pandey | Mar 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
There has been a sudden spurt in graphic pictures of serious body injuries on my social media accounts. There are several things in common between these pictures. All these incidents occur in India. The injuries are quite grievous and brutal, some leading to...
by Tanu S Pandey | Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
In recent times in the United States, healthcare has taken a serious turn for the grim and unpleasant. Physicians are more burnt out now than ever before. Patients are frustrated with navigating the byzantine architecture of managed care. Administrators are...
Recent Comments