http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress Journalist Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:18:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Obama-Biden Transition Team office in the nation’s capitol was buzzing with activity, awash in smiles and friendly banter in December. It was early enough that the overall mood was still celebratory, and the enthusiastic, brisk walking young staffers were not yet overwhelmed with the stark realities of governing. ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=49 Seeking to dispel the notion that “turban means terrorist”, Brazilian born American Photographer Fiona Aboud spent the past 2 years traveling throughout the United States, capturing everyday images of Sikhs In America. Shilpi Paul reports In April 2006, Photographer Fiona Aboud made her way to Midtown Manhattan to ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=48 Dozens of young and successful Indian Americans crowded the White Tiger, an upscale Indian restaurant blocks from the Congressional Office buildings in Washington, D.C. on a recent evening. They were all there for a cause.The event that brought them together was a fundraiser for the Washington leadership Program (WLP), ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=47 After years of marginal representation in West, India is now part of the mainstream dialogue. “Slumdog Millionaire” has earned acclaim in America, “White Tiger” received the prestigious Man Booker prize in Britain and is being made into a film and India ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=46 I’m lying on a slab of dark wood, dangerously close to nude. The room is small, dimly lit and smells and sounds utterly relaxing. Sesame and sandalwood scented waves swoosh around the room and replace the smoggy summer city that has been enclosing me all day. My ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=42 For the past five years, Shahed Amanullah has been working to create an open dialogue within the Muslim community. Educated at Georgetown University and University of California at Berkeley, and brought up in California by “proud Indian” parents, Amanullah is the brains behind altmuslim.com, a website that is not ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=41 Sreenath Sreenivasan, the young and tireless cofounder of the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), seems to have found more than 24 hours in the day.  Only 36, he simultaneously built up careers as a successful Technology Reporter and as a Journalism Professor at Columbia University, all while growing ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=40 IN THE early 1900s, well before the massive immigration from India to the United States that was to occur in the later half of the 20th century, two Sikh men made the journey from the Punjab to the fertile hills of California in search of a better life. These two men, ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=39 Indian beauty is feminine and flowing, dramatic and mysterious.  It carries the weight of thousands of years. The vibrant silk saris and shimmering golden chains call back to the times of majestic Rajas and warriors atop horses, when women wore their hair to their waists and princesses bathed in milk and ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=35 How has globalization changed the world in terms of religious tolerance and stereotyping? Globalization has changed everything. For the first time, everyone is aware of what’s going on in the world. If there’s a death among the Palestinians or a bombing in Calcutta, it’s on the news. It immediately plugs into ... http://www.shilpishilpi.com/wordpress/?p=34