The headline on Yahoo.com told me just about all I needed to know: “All eyes on Michelle’s dress.”
Here we are, having just made history by electing an African-American as president of the United States, and Yahoo was trying to tell us that what was really important was the dress Michelle Obama was wearing as her husband gave his victory speech in Chicago.
Is it just me, or does that seem a little ridiculous? Continue reading
Imagine for a second that you are one of the millions of so-called “Untouchables” who occupy the lowest caste of Indian society.
You live in a mud hut in a filthy ghetto of Calcutta. You defecate in the street since you have nowhere else to go. You’re missing most of your teeth because you’ve never owned a toothbrush or visited a dentist’s office, and you have to beg for change to scrounge up enough money to feed your family. Continue reading