Recent Entries
The Auction of the Ruby Slippers
In At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers, by Salman Rushdie, a set of ruby slippers are up for auction. The bidders of the ruby slippers seem to come fr... read more
Cultural Event: Being Middle Eastern in the United States
The California State University in Chico, California offered a presentation on “Being Middle Eastern in the United States.” The disc... read more
Cultural Event: Sikhism in America
Chico state recently hosted a presentation on diversity around the world. The main focus of the presentation I attended was the Sikh Experience in... read more
The path between right and wrong
Have you ever been questioned with the thought whether something was wrong or right? I know that I have. I always have to think about something, befor... read more
Indian- American, Hyphenation & Identity
What does it mean to be an American? My Jido (Grandfather) often said that it meant adapting to the cultures in America. My Jido recently passed... read more
Movie: The Namesake
I have recently had the option in my Chico State English class in Chico, CA to the watch the movie, T... read more
Links
I recently had the privilege of having a guest speaker named, Travis Axton as a representative from the Peace Corp organization come to my English cla... read more
Coming to America
In Bharati Mukherjee’s novel Jasmine, the main character Jyoti describes her first day in America as a moment of true death. “I... read more
What is in a name change?
What is in a name change? It seems like people all over the world such as artist, musicians, authors, and actresses/actors change there names th... read more
The journey through hell and back
In Bessie Head’s novel, A Question of Power the main character, Elizabeth is sent through a journey out of hell. Through repair, recovery,... read more
