Thaipusam is the largest and oldest festival of the Hindu people (celebrated mostly by the Tamil community), during which hundreds of thousands of faithful pay homage to the god Murugan, the warrior deity, celebrating his victory over the forces of…

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IT TOOK ME A FEW HARD life experiences to figure out my strengths and weaknesses: college, a rough breakup, the loss of a parent, and having children. With each stressful transition came an opportunity to build my mental endurance. I…

Ask a cross-section of Americans what the word “Cartagena” invokes for them, and chances are they’ll mention the movie Romancing the Stone or their fears about Colombia’s long-running drug war. In reality though, the 1984 adventure-comedy was filmed in Mexico…

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IT ALWAYS COSTS WAY TOO MUCH for me to fly home for the holidays. Newark to Cincinnati, for some reason, is much more expensive than it should be given the relatively short distance between the two cities. But I have…