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INDIA CURRENTSINDIA CURRENTSCelebrating 29 Years of Excellence
may 2015 • vol. 29 , no .2 • www. indiacurrents.com
Can Miracles Be Mass-Produced?by Gaurav Rastogi
7 Simple Ways to Beat the Drought by Mahesh Singh
lennials
Tinder is just for hooking upShaadi.com is for the parents
Time for Dil Mil-ling?
The Downward Dog at Yogaby Kalpana Mohan
The
by Ritu Marwah
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Saving MotherAs Mother’s Day approaches, I find my-
self thinking of Nirupa Roy, the ever-giving celluloid mother who dominated my Bolly-wood-saturated childhood. In Amar Akbar Anthony, there is a scene where a blind Roy has been struck by a car, and her three sons, who represent the major religious communi-ties of India, give her blood through direct transfusion. The sons are able to save their mother, Bharati.
Bharati. As in Bharat Maata. Mother India.
Saving Mother feels good.Which is probably why the government
of Maharashtra has taken it upon itself to save the Bharatiya gai maata or Mother Indian cow. It probably feels good to exert some regulatory muscle on her behalf and ban beef.
There is rhetoric of saving mothers all over the place.
The environmental movement is trying to save Mother Earth. We are told that we have been bad children, and plundered the gifts of our mother wantonly. We have been rapacious, over-consuming little tykes, suck-ing dry the source.
Saving Mother Earth would feel good.
The reproductive rights movement is try-ing to save Purvi Patel. In Indiana, a jury sen-tenced Purvi Patel for twenty years in prison for feticide. Deborah Tuerkheimer, in an article titled “How Not to Protect Pregnant Women,” writes that “special victim status for fetuses sets a dangerous precedent.” (New York Times, April 13, 2015).
Even though Purvi Patel might have been a “bad” mother, saving her would feel good.
Sometimes, though, it’s a bit more com-plicated. Manil Suri points out in the New York Times (“A Ban on Beef is Not the An-swer,” April 17, 2015) that the beef ban jeopardises the livelihood of Hindu dalits as well as those of other religious communities. In our rush to protect our icons of maternal selflessness, we have to be careful not to jeopardize the rights of others.
So, on Mother’s Day, call your Mother. Send her flowers and chocolates. Make her a special breakfast. But, unless she specifically asks for this, feel free not to save her.
Geetika Pathania Jain is Managing Editor of India Currrents magazine.
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3 | EDITORIALSaving MotherBy Geetika Pathania Jain
8 | A THOUSAND WORDSThe Waiting GameBy Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan
10 | BUSINESS
AIIB—China’s Coup
By P. Mahadevan
25 | VIEWPOINTThe Best in MeBy Sunita Upadhyayula
28 | FINANCEReal EstateBy Rahul Varshneya
32 | FEATURE7 Simple Ways to Beat the DroughtBy Mahesh Singh
59 | EDUCATION
What is Hindu Dharma?
By Rita Sherma
60 | PERSPECTIVEFinding Solace in the Digital AgeBy Pushpinder Lubana
108| ON INGLISHThat Downward Dog at YogaBy Kalpana Mohan
110| THE LAST WORDA Magical Murder MysteryBy Sarita Sarvate
76 | Cultural Calendar86 | Spiritual Calendar
26 | RELATIONSHIP DIVACheating RelationshipsBy Jasbina Ahluwalia
38 | BOOKSReview of Fragments of RiversongBy Divya Dubey
44 | TRAVELLeh—Under the Blue SkyBy Sharmila Pal
67 | MUSICA Texan Qawwali for Mahatma GandhiBy Priya Das
91 | HEALTHY LIFEWhy Do We Have Allergies? Causes, Prevention and Treatment By Vijay Gupta
98 | DEAR DOCTOR Moving Towards WholenessBy Alzak Amlani
106| RECIPESKhatta DhoklaBy Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff
DEPARTMENTS6 | Letters to the Editor7 | Popular Articles
WHAT’S CURRENT
30 | Ask a Lawyer31 | Visa Dates
Grabbing Cupid on the Go
By Ritu Marwah
16 | Dil Mil-lennials
Can Miracles be Mass-Produced?
By Gaurav Rastogi
68 | FilmsReviews of Byomkesh Bakshi and Unfreedom
By Aniruddh Chawda
20 | Reflections
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Leh—Under the Blue Sky
By Sharmila Pal
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