by Samita Sarkar | Jan 1, 2017 | Travel
In its heyday, Livemocha.com was a revolutionary online language learning website. Sadly, the website is now defunct. I owe a lot to Livemocha. The thriving community allowed anyone, anywhere with an internet connection, to learn a language for free. You chose from...
by Samita Sarkar | May 2, 2016 | Women & Feminism
In our post-feminist society, there is no reason for women to be afraid of anything. We can climb the corporate ladder, do and wear and be whatever we want, and if we ever get assaulted–which is extremely rare–we can go to the police right away and demand...
by Samita Sarkar | Apr 7, 2016 | Environment
Last fall, my family and I decided to have our basement renovated. But when the contractor took on another job and decided to forgo his final payment, taking off when the job was only 90% done. We were left with an unpresentable, unliveable basement–but not for...
by Samita Sarkar | Mar 24, 2016 | Books & Writing, Travel
It’s been a while since my last post. I had to take a temporary hiatus from the blogosphere because a lot has happened in the past few months. Now that the storm has largely blown over, I’ll be able to devote more time to doing what I love: blogging and animal...
by Samita Sarkar | Dec 15, 2015 | Environment, Vegetarianism
I wrote an article recently about something I’ve been thinking about for awhile: the connection between science and spirituality, two completely congruent topics. I can see universal justice in the world around me in a way that applies to both the material plane...