Monthly Archives: May 2005

All you ever wanted to know of Sikhism in 100 pages. It’s concise, yet informative. It seemed balanced and scholarly to me but I cannot compare it as I had read no other generic introduction to Sikhism. I am of … Continue reading →

It is a collection of 30 essays culled from dozens of sources, clustered in 9 areas: Conceptualizing the Aging Experience, Aging and Identity, Work and Retirement, Interpersonal Relationships, Living Arrangements, The Aging Body, The Aging Mind, Caring and Caregiving, Death … Continue reading →

I am starting to get familiar with Sociology books. The proof for me is that this book was an easy read. It is partly a description of the life in nursing homes based on the author’s participation-observation and part analysis … Continue reading →

We had the honor of attending a lecture with the author as she came to our literature class, for which we read her book. I liked her as a person; she was professional, funny and personable in front of several … Continue reading →

It’s been quite some time I read a hypernovel and in that genre this is excellent. “Hyper”, as in hypertext, as in multiple ways of reading it, not just linearly form the beginning to the end. There are seven main … Continue reading →

What’s in a name, in this case the anti-hero’s: Gogol Ganguli. As a boy from Bengali India, who thinks of himself as an American and not as an Asian-American, he also has to struggle with his unusual first name, inspired … Continue reading →

I read this book for my Asian American Literature class and am grateful for the opportunity. I learned a lot about historical context, while I was reading a novel about the harsh life of a Filipino man who moved to … Continue reading →