Tamanna Mohapatra

I consider myself a spiritual person more than a religious person. But spiritualism is a journey, not a destination. We are all spiritual...

This was a play that was running for only a few days in NYC. It was controversial because it was government-funded and thought of as a...

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day and the first day I did not have to get up thinking of assignments, required readings, and my...

I am not sure how I came to learn about this movie but once I read its review I was determined to watch it. Since it was not easily...

“Sustainability is about contributing to a society that everybody benefits from, not just going organic because you don’t want to die...

I wrote this blog because at this point in my life, I wanted to know about my culture and heritage. Also, I was and am very influenced by...

Bill McKibben’s latest book with a subtitle of ‘The Education of an unlikely Activist’ was no doubt a good read. I was and am impressed...

The title can be misleading because what I refer to here is a series of interviews on science published in the New York Times (NYT)...

"I could compare my music to white light which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism...

At first these three terms may seem vaguely related but I will try to connect them in a meaningful way as well as show their importance...

I went to volunteer at the Jewish Home Life care facility on 106th and Broadway one very hot summer morning. I wasn’t sure what to expect...

The title of this blog is my attempt at being creative; a very honest yet lame attempt :-( It all started when I visited the Japan...

I owe this blog to a work friend of mine who lent me this really short but amazing book to read. It all started over a hallway...

As part of our bi-monthly net impact meeting we decided to offer a tour of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement right at the heart of where...

This book came to me through recommended reading for a NYU course on East Asian and Latin American economy success stories. It’s an...

I love nature and the outdoors; therefore it was quite fitting that I would someday join an organization like Sierra Club. For those who...

The first thing special you will feel about this book is how it actually feels. And there is a good reason for that. In going with the...

The other day I was talking to my mother about the really hot weather in my town back in India. My mother keeps complaining the...

The beginning scenes of the movie ‘blue gold’ show a man walking through a desert for days on end and finally dying in the desert for not...

I am fond of reading and recently (over the past two or three years) have ventured into the world of Indian literature. Being an Indian,...