An interview with Daniyal Mueenuddin, the Pakistani author of In Other Rooms, Other Wonders , a series of linked short stories set in rural Pakistan that bring to life relationships among feudal landlords, their managers and servants and the emerging industrialists who have lost touch with the land.
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“There’s No Such Place As Home!” I conclude in a conversation with two schoolfriends who, like me, grew up in India and Pakistan and, like me, are third culture kids, also known as global nomads. Photos and text on blog.
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This program was first broadcast in July, 2008 and re-broadcast on WPKN on December 16. I wanted to find out what these two vegans and animal rights advocates, Paul Shapiro and Lauren Olernas have been doing since then. They have been very, very busy and I am proud to report on their latest activities. To read more […]
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This program was first broadcast in July, 2008 and will be re-broadcast on WPKN on December 9. I wanted to find out what these two animal rights advocates, Nora Kramer and Nathan Runkle, have been doing since then. They have been very, very busy and I am proud to report on their latest activities. To read more […]
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Based in Ithaca, New York, Ithaca HOURS is one of more than 2,500 alternative money systems worldwide. Steve Burke, president of the organization, explains how, by keeping the earning and spending of money local, it enlivens the community and strengthens self-reliance.
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My interview with Nena Baker, investigative jounalist and author of the newly released paperback The Body Toxic, where she exposes the hazardous chemistry in the things we use every day and how they threaten the health and well-being of us all.
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An interview with author Susan Nathan, the only Jew living in a town of 30,000 Arabs in northern Israel. She talks about how how her own activism has changed from aggression to compassion and about the ‘divide’ between Israel’s citizens–the 20% who are Palestinian Arabs and the Jewish majority.
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Two American Jewish men, one a secular blogger and writer and the other, a deeply orthodox member of Neturei Karta, both with the family name Weiss, discuss the reasons they are anti-Zionists.
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An interview with Dr. Sara Bhattacharjee of Christian Medical College’s Low Cost Effective Care Unit located in Vellore, Tamil Nadu in South India. She talks about her philosophy and practice of primary health care and community medicine in the slums and villages of Vellore.
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In the third and last part of this series, you will hear my conversation with Dr. Michael Conforti, a Jungian analyst, author and founder of the Assisi Institute, who uses the theories of Carl Jung to develop his Archetypal Pattern Analysis in which he provides what he calls ‘a meaningful confluence between science, spirituality and psychology’. […]
Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…
Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.
