The Manifesto Turns 33

On the eve of my 33rd year of life I have nothing profound to say other than I think that this is going to be a good year. Or, to embrace the wisdom of my cousin Sunita, all is good now.
I have come through some sort of trial by fire in the [...]

The manifesto goes audio

I went to India at the end of April and somewhere between Mumbai and rural Jharkand I fell pretty ill. Luckily, I was in Delhi with my good friends when I figured out what it was that I was sick with. And, lying on their couch, my friend Sanjay says “you’ve been getting lazy with [...]

Thank you for dinner, Mr. Terry

Reclaiming True Grits
by Bryant Terry
Feb. 29, 2008–Mention “soul food” and you will hear scores of health and medical professionals claim that it is the downfall of the health and well-being of African Americans. It is true that African Americans have some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and some cancers of [...]

broadway had to stop to address puerto rico’s aids crisis…

BIG UPS GINA AND EDDIE!!!
Acting Up on Broadway
 
By: PAUL SCHINDLER
11/15/2007
With roughly 75 activists and a larger lunchtime crowd looking on, a dozen demonstrators protesting what they say is the federal government’s “neglect” in stepping in to end a crisis in the delivery of AIDS services in Puerto Rico laid down across Lower [...]

Pakistan: Musharaf is losing his marbles…

I got this email today from my friend, Rahal Saeed, at Aahung. I have worked with Asma Jahangir but have yet to meet the fabulous woman. Here is an inside account of what’s happening with detentions of human rights activists…

Subject: FROM ASMA JAHANGIR

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:56:39 +0500

Dear Friends,

The situation in [...]

Kohlapur Awakening

I was blessed to spend several days last week with my friend, my hero, my colleague and fellow comrade, Meena Seshu in her home in Kohlapur, surrounded by glorious family by blood or by love. The drive from Pune to Kohlapur through the Deccan Plateau was kissed with a tea time sunset.

For more on the [...]

Jamel Shabazz and Banksy

This evening I was at an opening of Jamel Shabazz’s photography at Power House Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Shabazz portrays a New York of a different era… and this photo here doesn’t do it justice. He captures a rough-around-the-edges New York; a New York in love with hip hop; a New York of contradictions around [...]

Thinking of Myanmar

At the moment, I have taken some time to hole away at a generous friend’s home in Jamestown, Rhode Island. She has given me a room that feels right on the water. I am listening to the waves splash over rocks and the stirrings of bell-like sounds as boats sway in the harbor. I watched [...]