Articles by Different Topics
Why This Newsletter? — Editorial on the First Issue
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in October 1995)
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Geopolitics and Economics:
Boom-Bust Cycles Are Typical in the US Economy
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (2023)
Putin Shows EU Leaders Their Place in the Ukraine War
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2023)
Provoking Russian Invasion of Ukraine
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2022)
The War Many Almost Forgot (the US War in Afghanistan), Finally Ends!
By Kollengode S. Venkataraman (written in 2021)
Covid-19’s Second Wave in India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2021)
The Pandemic Reveals India’s Softer Belly
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2021)
All Elections — Even Presidential Ones — are Local
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2020)
Modi Victory — The Best Sweet Revenge
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2019)
The New York Times and Narendra Modi
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2019)
Qingdao — A Chinese Gem Along the Yelllow Sea
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2019)
US Economy: President Trump’s First Year after Eight Years of the Obama Presidency
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2018)
Not War, but Internal Strife Threatens Global Peace
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2017)
On Hate Crimes Against Indian Americans
By Kollengode S Venkataraman, (Written in 2017)
Britannia, You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby!
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2016)
The Chennai Floods: How A Natural Event Became A Man-Made Disaster
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2016)
In Memoriam — Points to Ponder: Muhammad Ali (January 17, 1942 to June 3, 2016)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2016)
Asianization of America is Real — Follow up for the above article
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2015)
Monopoly in Healthcare Industry not Good for Consumers or for Our Region’s Vitality
By Kollengode S Venkataraman, (written in 2015)
The High-Stakes Poker Game at the World Trade Center Talks
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in October 2014)
Obama’s Presidency in Two Trendlines
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2014)
Pope Benedict Leaves a Scandal-Ridded Vatican
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2013)
Is the World Flat or the World is Getting Flattened?
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Trump’s Bravado is Counterproductive
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Hillary Clinton’s Challenges in Her Presidential Ambitions
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
The Nation’s Fiscal Crisis: The Future is Here
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Campaign Rhetoric in Kentucky — A Rite of Passage for American Hindus on Universal Brotherhood
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2011)
Bridle the Free Market — Never It Was Really “Free” in the First Place Written in
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2010)
India Inc? It Is More Like India Feudal — The Ambani Brothers’ Fight Over Reliance
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2005)
Portends for the American Future?
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2005)
When Milagu-Tanni is Milaughutawney, Chocolate Mousse can be Chocolate Mouse
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2005)
Nippon Nuggets
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2004)
Democracy in Iraq? American Style?
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in October 2004)
Name Calling in Classifying World Economies
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2004)
Booming China (written in 2004)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2004)
A Worm’s Eye View of A Vibrant India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in January 2004)
Abhay Shukla: A Very Different Kind of Doctor from India Brings Healthcare to the Rural Poor
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2004)
Gyrations in the American Free Market System
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in January 2003)
The REAL Reality Show — The Scary US Face-off with UN/Iraq
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2003)
The Fallout of US’s Global War on Terrorism: Repressive Regimes Down the Road
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2001)
The Futility and Irony of Wars (Not to Speak of Quarrels and Petty Fights)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1999)
The Dark Side of Religious Faith
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1999)
War Averted… But the Killing Continues (On Kargil)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1999)
On Golf Courses and Land Mines
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1998)
Globally, the Haves and Have-Nots Are Growing Further Apart
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1998)
Hopeful Signs: Five Decades of India’s Political Freedom
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (1997)
Missed Opportunities During India’s Fifty Years After 1947
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (1997)
Musings on Mother Teresa (1997 and 2001)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1997 and 2001)
Today’s A panchatantra Story in Realpolitik
Retold By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1995)
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Indian and American National Elections:
The Way We Elect Our Leaders Is Not Reassuring
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2023)
Obituary: Emeritus Pope Benedict (April 16, 1927 – December 31, 2022)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2023)
Court-Ordered Redistricting Maps Make Our Congressional Delegation Equitable
by Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2019)
The Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh Conundrum Straightened Out and Yet Not
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2019)
A Level Playing Field for Electing Pennsylvania’s US House of Representatives
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2018)
Trump vs Clinton in the Race to the White House
by Kollengode S Venkataraman (in October 2016)
Red States and Blue States paint a Starker Picture
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2016)
A Jain Sannyasi’s Radical Advice for Addressing the Gender Ratio in Northern India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2016)
Interpersonal Interactions. In the globalised economy
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (2015)
Bobby Jindal’s Madcap Pursuit for the White House
By Kollengode S Venkataraman, (written in 2015)
The Most Populous and the Most Powerful Democracies
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2014)
Only in the USofA, the Affluent Are Called Middle Class!
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2013)
Manmohan Singh: Sonia’s Prime Minister — The Indian Democracy is Good Entertainment Written in
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Obama’s Inaugural Address Written in
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
West Bengal’s Jyoti Basu (1914 – 2010): In His Long Marxist Rule, Parts of the State Withered Away, Literally
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2010)
“Hello, Krish, Hillary Here.” Imaginary conversation between Hillary Clinton, and S M Krishna
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2010)
Are We All Middle Class? The 2008 Presidential Campaign Rhetoric?
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in October 2008)
What We Do Not Hear in the Intra-Party Presidential Debates?
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2007)
The Religious Right Is Wrong on Women’s Reproductive Rights
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (2006)
A Mandate for Republicans in the 2004 Elections
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in January 2005)
On the Hindu Assertiveness in India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in July 2003)
India Tries to Weather Islamist Militancy
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2002)
Despicable Hate Crimes in Pittsburgh
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2000)
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Personal:
On Finding A Small Ozymandias In Myself
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (2026)
High-Protein Low-Carb Idlies
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2019)
On the Lighter Side : AAE! AAE! Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (2015)
The Pittsburgh Patrika’s Twenty Years
By Premlata Venkataraman (written in October 2015)
My Peeve with Bollywood Shows
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2013)
The Colonial Holdover Lingers On In India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Desi Misbehavior Redux — Now Artistes Too Are Now Mad
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
The Brown, the Beige and the Black in India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
My Embarrassment With My English in My College Days in India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (2010)
Reflections on the Anglicized Indians’ Colonial Hangovers
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2007)
An Acharya Under Arrest — Lessons to Hindu Temples Here
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in January 2005)
Sri Venkateswara Temple’s 25th Anniversary)
By Premlata Venkataraman (written in 2001)
Inequities in University Education
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2000)
Ethnic Humor and Stereotyping
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (1996)
My Indo-American Odyssey
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (1996)
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Miscellaneous:
Antimoicrobial Properties of Copper Alloys and Silver
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2021)
In Temple Architecture, Form Needs to Follow Function, but Also Weather Patterns
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2018)
And Now, the Turkey Weekend in India, as Covered in The Indian Express
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2018)
India’s One Quintessential Salesman
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2018)
On Frenemies and Frenemities
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (Written in 2017)
Desi Transitions: Insider Trader Rajat Gupta
Kollengode S Venkataraman, (written in 2017)
International Air Travel: US & Persian Gulf Air Carriers Compete — Travelers Stand to Gain
By Kollengode S Venkataraman, (2015)
India in Transition: Trying to Initiate A Radical Arranged Marriage:
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2015)
Making Authentic Tayir, Dahi, Mosaru, or Perugu
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2015)
Pure Fiction: Gobi Manchurian
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2015
Miss America Pageant American Identity — Always A Work in Progress
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in October 2013)
Absurd Ways We Use English Phrases
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2013)
Indian Women and Managing Assets
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Something to Ponder Over When You Leave for Colleges
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Time to Reform Cremation/Death Rites for Hindus in the US
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
My Experiments with Cold Showers
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Alberto Pinto Kyoon Hasta Hai? Aur London Gora Kyoon Rota Hai? * The Blowback for the Colonial Occupation
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Long Live Desi
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2011)
Mercury Poisoning in Making Gold Kavachams
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2009)
Asians Prosperity Stats Hides the poor Among Them
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2009)
“Vernacular” Educated? You’re Out of Luck in India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2006)
The Patrika — Ten Years Old and Going Strong
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in January 2005)
The Bill in Bharat Show
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2003)
Obituary: Raj Gopal (1933 to March 16, 2009) — Entrepreneur & Pioneer for Hindu Places of Worship in the US
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2003)
Organizers of Indian Cultural Programs, Spare Us This Verbal Abuse, Please
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2001)
Arangetram, Rangaprasham or Rangapravesha… …?)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2001)
British Study: Indian Food is Good for Your “Mood”!
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2001)
Book Publishing and Best Sellers in India
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1999)
Education and Enterprise in the US — Some Observations
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1997)
Responding to An Anonymous Letter
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1997)
On Sever-Year-Olds Flying Planes — Not So Random Thoughts
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 1995)
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Indian Literature’s Enduring Relevance:
Arunagirinaathar’s Life and Contribution to The Tamil Bhakti Literature
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2023)
Cynically Sublime — The Power of Wealth From Sanskrit Poetry
By Kollengode S. Venkataraman (written in 2021)
On Human Predilections As Seen by the Tamil Savant Ouvaiyyaar
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2021)
Human Instincts to Display One’s Prowess — An Old Man Recalls his Youth – From Tamil Classic Puranaanooru
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2021)
Indian Thoughts Against Religious Exclusivity Through the Centuries
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2021)
A Pearl Wisdom on Interpersonal Relationships by the Tamil Doyen Ouvaiyaares
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2019)
On the Impoverishment of Servitude
by Kollengode S Venkataraman, (written in 2017)
Veerashaivas: 12th Century Rebels Against Religious Orthodoxy
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2017)
Today’s Religion is Tomorrow’s Orthodoxy
— Examples from Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Indian Communism
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2017)
Fortune Hinting in Far-off Lands is Nothing New
by Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2016)
Nine Fears of Mankind — A Verse of Bhartrhari
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2016)
On Intellectual Arrogance Borne Out of Supreme Self Confidence
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2015)
Who Said Our Ancestors Had It Easy?
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2013)
India’s Bhakti Movement: Its Impact on Performing Arts, Literature, and the Indian Psyche
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Continuing Education. An Old Indian idea, Widely Practiced Only in the West
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Sarcasm and Humor in Sanskrit Literature
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Literary Vignette: Men and Women Picking Their Mates on Their Own is Not Rare
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
A Couplet of Learning from the Tamil Classic TirukkuraL
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
The Challenges in Trying to be Mindful — A Verse from Pattinattaar
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Subramanya Bharati on the Illusions and Transience of Life
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2012)
Universal Ideas on Universal Brotherhood in the 1800-year old Aganaanooru Anthology
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2010)
A Pandya Tamil King (2000 before our time) on the Importance of Education
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2008)
Vignettes from Indian Literature: A Profound from Sivavakkiyar
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2007)
The Refined Minds of Avadhootas, the Indian Spiritual Masters
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2006)
The Ongoing Debate on Tradition vs. Change in Religion: A Story from Ramanuja’s Life
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2003)
South Indian Performing Arts:Whence? Where Now? Whither?
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2003)
Vignettes of Indian Philosophical Traditions — Jainism: Don’t Mistake the Part for the Whole
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2001)
Vignette from Indian Literature: A 14th Century Tamil Poet & 15th Century’s Nanak on How to Live Our Life
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2000)
Vignette from Indian Literature: A Sensuous Scene in Kaliththogai (~ 1st century CE)
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2000)
Freewill Is Rooted in Indian Thoughts
By Kollengode S Venkataraman (written in 2000)
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..Trump vs Clinto in the Race to the White House
On Hate Crimes Against Indian Americans
By Kollengode S Venkataraman, (Written in 2017)