Houston, like many other American cities, has a large Bengali community, which celebrates Durga Puja as a weekend fiesta, but, unlike in Kolkata, sponsorship here is of another kind. Here, they sponsor the color of our lives.

BY Saikat Chakraborty 9 October 2003

Looking to alleviate angst and alienation? Network. Looking for a soulmate? How about some charity? And look at those smiles -- perfectly aimed to evoke pathos in pseudo-patriotic living rooms of North American desis ..

BY Saikat Chakraborty 9 July 2002