Decade Lost, Decade Found
The decade 2010–2019 for the United States, to paraphrase T.S. Eliot, was one that “ended not with a bang but with a whimper.” 2020–2029 must be the decade of recovery because time is running out...
15 February, 2020
21st Century Citizenship, February 2020: India
Last year, we took our February fingertips to the United Kingdom; this year's travelogue landed us in India, the world's largest democracy, struggling with challenges that eerily mirror our own...
10 February, 2020
Speaking Tree
In arguably the most spiritual of nations, India's most popular spirituality website, Speaking Tree, may be a window into the soul of the world's greatest democracy...
10 February, 2020
Shaheen Mistri
She left Tufts University at the age of 20 to start a non-profit to educate underprivileged children in her birthplace of Mumbai. But she was just getting started...
10 February, 2020
Sadhan, India
The Indian village of Sadhan has been proving for years that Hindus and Muslims can literally live together in peace...
10 February, 2020
Mahatma Gandhi, MLK, Today
Frank recounts Martin Luther King's visit to India in the Hindustan Times, and what King and Gandhi still have to say to us today...
09 February, 2020
India As It Should Be
In The American Bazaar, Frank explains why India needs to be a secular democracy, with equal opportunity and social mobility for all...
09 February, 2020
Presidential Visits And Pathways
In the South Asia Monitor, Frank tracks the history of US-India relations, using head of state meetings as a through-line, and traverses the path illuminated to make a prediction about the future...
09 February, 2020
India Must (Really) Engage The Diaspora
In the Hindustan Times, Frank lays out the importance of truly engaging in the 'diaspora diplomacy' the Indian government prides itself on, which includes meeting with critics of its policies...
09 February, 2020
Civic Engagement Champions
Four pioneering middle school educators who became the first nationally recognized civic engagement champions are inspiration and models for us all....
09 February, 2020