Ideas Without Boundaries.
Events that have taken place all over the United States, including musical concerts, community events, plays, dance recitals, special lectures and much more.
By Kavita A Chhibber Kavita’s note: I have been hearing about the film Paro, from entrepreneur and Impact Advisor Priya Samant for close to two years. She never told me the story but said I would be moved and that this film was very close Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber My grandmother once said to me that whenever you pray and you suddenly find tears streaming down your cheeks, it means that the divine energy you are praying to is standing before you, answering your prayers, healing you, and telling you Read More …
An evening with His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche By Kavita A Chhibber I had read three books written by him, that resonated deeply with me, so imagine my delight when Ajit and I were invited to meet His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche at the home Read More …
By Kavita A.Chhibber Kashmiri Panditon Ke Ghar” (“The homes of The Kashmiri Pandits”) In the narrow lanes of the old town The homes smolder like unfinished funeral pyres The shards from broken windows create wounds That drip from the roofs built by our forefathers Dimmed Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber He is incredibly witty, has a phenomenal memory, endless energy and passion, and he is a very young 73, but not many people know that writer and poet extraordinaire, Javed Akhtar’s great great grandfather Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was Mirza Ghalib’s contemporary and Read More …
He calls him self an atheist and a rationalist, his close friend Chanda calls him a “closet spiritualist” because she says, no atheist could have written a deeply spiritual song like “O paalan hare” (from Lagaan) to which he retorts, that he also wrote the Read More …
Long registration lines, bad weather cancelling flights and yet the volunteers managed to make it all work smoothly, as over 2000 delegates and distinguished speakers have started making their way to the sold- out World Hindu Congress in Chicago. People happily mingled with each other Read More …
(Photographs courtesy of Dyuti Majumdar) Kavita’s note: This is not coverage that I normally do as a journalist, because my son Gautam Narula was one of the recipients. What I am sharing here is a personal reflection. October was a month of deep loss and Read More …
I wrote these thoughts sometime back but they hold true to this day. His movies are ageless; his stories the story of everyman transcend generations. My grandmother, my mother and I have all been fans. I see a lot of little kids watching these films Read More …
He was humming “Jaane kahan mera jigar gaya ji” as a toddler growing up in Pakistan before he could recite the alphabet. That love grew into an obsession for the musician whose music was nothing short of genius – whose music was a divine gift, Read More …
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