This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending a conference at the White House entitled: "Dharmic Seva: Catalyst to Strengthening and Building Pluralistic Communities".

Hosted by the not-for-profit organization "Hindu American Seva Charities," whose mission is to mobilize the Hindu American community around seva (public...

I was recently a guest on the Toronto-based webshow "Extraordinary Women TV," where I got to meet fellow guest Devyani Saltzman, author and daughter of Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Deepa Mehta. In the interview, Devyani described how she once read the now well-known book by The New Yorker...

It's been slightly over a year since I wrote "The Gap Year: A Post-Graduation Exploration" for The Huffington Post. I was in the middle of finishing my senior year at the University of Toronto, and had begun pondering the very scary scenario of taking a "year off" between...

It's only 2 p.m. in the afternoon, but I could seriously use a nap.

Even as I write this, I'm stifling back a yawn, holding a mug of coffee, and indulging in thoughts of my warm bed waiting not too far away.

I really shouldn't be this tired....

"Hopenhagen" officially opened Monday in Copenhagen to the tune of 192 countries, and over 10,000 delegates, journalists and civil society members. After months of hype, the so-called "last chance to save the world" began with high spirits, focused energies, and the general anticipation that negotiators could finally get this done....

My mouse sat blinking in the Google search engine, waiting for me to enter my query.

With a little hesitation, and more amusement at how simple the search words were, I typed in "Harvard grad school."

I quickly bookmarked the school's website, and proceeded to do the same...