An important day in American history... Glad it's finally being talked about more nationally.

Quoted: Juneteenth is celebrated in America on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery.

A recent article that my friend Amy & I put together for Little India Magazine.

Quoted: As their fate becomes increasingly uncertain, a growing number of Indian immigrants are packing up and heading home.

Interesting (if scathing) analysis of the American work ethic as it applies to school-age children. This piece makes a strong case for revamping the American educational system.

Quoted: AMERICANS like to think of themselves as martyrs to work. They delight in telling stories about their punishing hours, snatched holidays and ever-intrusive BlackBerrys. But when it comes to the young the situation is reversed.

Fascinating! I smell a blog post in this...

Quoted: Americans used to move to where the jobs were. But now home-ownership and health insurance freeze many of them to the spot.

Yay, my article on weird capitals of America is on MSN today!

Quoted: Think you know your U.S. and world capitals? Here are a few that’ll leave you stumped and slightly in awe of that crazy place we call America.

This book sounds really cool - this is something I've actually often wondered about...

Quoted: First published in 1945 and about to be reissued in the NYRB Classics series, it is an epic account of how just about everything in America—creeks and valleys, rivers and mountains, streets and schools, towns and cities, counties and states, the country and continent itself—came to be named.