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The Universe in a Single Atom. The Convergence of Science and Spirituality By His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Morgan Road Books, New York) Review by Maya Khankhoje. Reviewing a book with such a momentous title is no small task. Can […]

The human mind is clever – and the human hand as well. There’s much that they’ve discovered, as our books and stories tell. But yet it is enslavement that our cleverness has brought To most of us – who live […]

Every summer during school holidays my mother would take us from Indian-administered Kashmir to Ludhiana in Punjab to visit our grandparents. The address still resides within me: ‘30 Civil Street. Near Ghumar Mandi.’ Summers are extremely hot there, especially the […]

Turmoil Sometimes I feel consumed by anger, perhaps I ought to say by RAGE, a rage of unfathomable limits! Witnessing what is happening in our world today, particularly in the Middle East, and how our societies are being completely dismantled […]

Growing up in early post-colonial India, the country was so different. The ethos was that we were newly-independent from colonialism and building a new nation; we were all in it together and needed to look out for each other, to […]

Montreal Serai had the opportunity to discuss SOS: Alternative to Capitalism – a handy, slim compendium of vital, essential thoughts and discussions on the concept of an alternative economy and society—with Richard Swift. His new book has been brought out […]

[The prehispanic part of the story is based on sociological findings and traditional legends. The modern part is based on fiction. Sac Nicte and Can Ek were the real names of the doomed lovers.] They had told her she would […]

Artist Statement: The preoccupation of life and death and the search for the transcendent are universal and timeless; it is the core which unites humans in the past as it does now in the present. In my work I interweave […]

“Advertising invalidates people, leading to anger. Anger turned sideways, that’s cultural jamming. It’s a way of reinserting ourselves into culture,” says Shanee Prasad, a BC-based teacher and activist. She was giving a workshop entitled Taking on the Madmen of the […]

This story is in memory of the passengers who were on the Komagata Maru. This happened exactly a hundred years ago. Three-hundred-and-seventy-six penguins arrived on an iceberg (a huge chunk) to the shores of a glittering city. But they […]

Communion   Ambiguity adds another layer. Slice into a fresh made day. Take. Eat. You know who you are. Three are forward, sterile. Fourth perspective shows a liquid light. Take it. Drink it. Let it fill you. Admit […]

Una mujer desnuda                                                                        Era una mujer desnuda Un hombre desnudo                                                                       Era un hombre desnudo Un hombre y una mujer                                                      Eran un hombre y una mujer desnudos                                                                                         desnudos O Dos personas de diferente sexo desnudos Todo […]

Lately I’ve been wondering whether I’m a ‘Skeptic’ or a ‘True Believer’. American author Chet Raymo coined these categories in Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion. Published in the late 90s, the book discusses the […]

Being believers is problematic for women in a world saturated by religions that are patriarchal and androcentric. The belief systems within this rubric accord women a secondary position. Various rituals and symbolism derived from these belief systems legitimize and […]

It must be a passionate subject since Woody Allen, one of the rare American filmmakers still producing auteur features, has dedicated an entire movie to deal with this issue. I plan to see the film only after I have finished […]