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Viewpoint: Let’s Celebrate Cultural Diversity Today
New York, N.Y. Personally, I have always celebrated multiculturalism and valued living in a cosmopolitan city. So, it was with great pain in 2010, while living briefly in Georgia, that I observed the debate and wrangling in that state over legislation to make English the only language to administer driver’s license examines. It was a [...]
Josette Sheeran Named Asia Society President After Vishakha Desai
New York, N.Y. Today Asia Society announced the appointment of Josette Sheeran, the Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum, as the seventh president and CEO of the institution. Ms. Sheeran will assume the office on June 10. “Josette Sheeran is a proven executive with a long and successful record of global leadership, and far-reaching [...]
Photo of the Day – May 18, 2013
South Sudanese Returnees Board Plane for Journey Home Malakal, South Sudan. Today in Malakal, South Sudan, 150 returnees line up to board a plane chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and bound for Wau. This week, IOM is arranging transport for over 700 people who have been staying in the Malakal Way Station. [...]
Young Teen Asks: Smoking, Is It Worth It?
New York, N.Y. Native Americans began smoking tobacco many centuries ago. They used it in rituals to heal and bind their tribe. When European explorers discovered the Americas in the late 15th century, they took tobacco back to Europe. Since then, tobacco or cigarettes have increased in popularity—a trend which continues today. Is smoking worth [...]
Poem – Tablature
Latin lachrymae dactylic entablature hearty Icarus Daddy did him in Daedalus damn near killed him dear demented boys Such unwieldy toys Sweet young girls smile through it all Wizened women weep and such are the tears such utter and total pain sustains aged demons Sing until you’re hoarse Cling cleave colonic [...]
Next Generation of Global Indian Cinema
New York, N.Y. I recently attended Ticket2Bollywood (T2B) sponsored by Molecule Communications. I had the opportunity to interview its director Ajay Shrivastav and his sister and business partner Kiren. Brother and sister Ajay and Kiren Shrivastav are opposites. He is the creative one and Kiren more the businesswoman operating Molecule Communications in Mumbai and Ajay is opening [...]
World Youth Initiative: Tomorrow’s Leaders, Solving Today’s Issues
New York, N.Y. Last fall, teen philanthropist Isaac J. Kassin was awarded our James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation’s coveted Luce Leader 2012 Award for his work in philanthropy, including his signature fund within our foundation. Accepting the award at a gala at the law firm of Skadden Arps, 17-year old Isaac made an impassioned speech with [...]
Bollywood for Beginners – A Seeker’s Guide
New York, N.Y. Speaking broadly, we don’t appreciate Bollywood because we don’t understand it. We fail to grasp it not for any intellectual flaw, but for a major cultural one: we didn’t grow up in India. The biggest point to absorb to better get Bollywood is that Indian cinema is both sophisticated and unique. Films began [...]
May 11, 2013: Photos of the Mother’s Day Weekend Around the World
PHR-Israel’s mobile clinic to the Occupied Territories, medical day in the West Bank. A Mbukushu mother and child cross Botswana’s Okavango River in Africa. Mother and child in Lima, Peru. Mumbai slum mother holding child. Mother in sari, with several ear and nose piercings. A lesbian couple with their children in the U.S.A. See Jim [...]
Fifth Annual Meningitis Gala Honors NASCAR Driving Philanthropist
New York, N.Y. The National Meningitis Association gala Give Kids a Shot, held recently at the New York Athletic Club, attracted people from all over the nation and from all walks of life – just as meningitis affects people from all walks of life. This fifth annual event was once again both an emotion-filled evening [...]
