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1 week ago | 
rwcpulse.com | Ashwini Gangal |Arden Margulis |Peninsula Foodist |Angela Swartz
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors appointed López, 30, to the position on April 8 for a two-year term that ends in March 2027.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
indiacurrents.com | Ashwini Gangal
Director Shoojit Sircar had once proudly declared in an interview that he always pushed his actors, his writers, his musicians, his cinematographers, and his entire team till he got his shots right. In his latest directorial outing I Want To Talk, Sircar appears to have pushed Abhishek Bachchan harder than any director might have in the past.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
localnewsmatters.org | Ashwini Gangal |India Currents
AS I WRITE this essay, I have one foot in 2025 and the other in 1959. That’s the year British-Canadian novelist Arthur Hailey published his novel The Final Diagnosis, a staggering saga about medical decisions and hospital drama in Burlington, Pennsylvania. In the climax of the book, an experienced pathologist cautions his younger colleague about the perils of seniority, specifically, the way the managerial mantle slowly chips away at one’s core skill.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
indiacurrents.com | Ashwini Gangal
As I write this essay, I have one foot in 2025 and the other in 1959. That’s the year British-Canadian novelist Arthur Hailey published his novel The Final Diagnosis, a staggering saga about medical decisions and hospital drama in Burlington, Pennsylvania. In the climax of the book, an experienced pathologist cautions his younger colleague about the perils of seniority, specifically, the way the managerial mantle slowly chips away at one’s core skill.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
almanacnews.com | Ashwini Gangal
“She’s Mother Teresa meets Desmond Tutu!”That’s how Annette King, founder and CEO of Splicer Films describes Divine Mugisha, the protagonist of her latest docu-series “A Divine Journey: The Trilogy,” which will premiere at Beach Break Film Festival at Half Moon Bay this weekend.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
mv-voice.com | Ashwini Gangal
A 14-foot-tall U.S. marshal stands in a cloud of sawdust in a massive yard off Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay. In his past life, this officer was a solid, 20-foot-long block of redwood. “It’s an artistic rendering of an existing statue,” said Firewood Farms owner James Olsen about this unique creation, extrapolated from a 2-foot-high fiberglass model that a client wanted to replicate in wood.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
indiacurrents.com | Ashwini Gangal
Indian American performer Michael Maliakel, best known for claiming the spotlight on the Broadway stage as Disney’s Aladdin, will be seen singing in a 90-minute special, “Joy: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir,” which will air on PBS and BYUtv this month. The performance was recorded over three nights last December in front of a live audience at the 21,000-seat Conference Center at Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Ashwini Gangal
Combining the spirit of Christmas with the joy of giving is one of the best things one can do this holiday season. Toss in some sweet melodies and the mix is perfect. Singing their way to charity this festive season are local teens and kids who comprise Carols for a Cause, an annual holiday fundraising cabaret, now in its fifth year.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
indiacurrents.com | Ashwini Gangal
Few days ago, I responded to an email, getting back to a book publicist in New York City with my address so that she could dash off a galley to me next month. “Dear Cindy,” it began. When I was done, I signed off with my customary “Best wishes, Ash”Few minutes later, I wrote another email, this time to the editor of a local magazine that amplifies the voice of Indians in the Bay Area.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
almanacnews.com | Ashwini Gangal
The chorus celebrates the theme of hope with a holiday concert that includes the premiere of new arrangement of a piece celebrating the holiday Noche Buena. Performances take place Dec. 13 in Palo Alto and Dec. 14 in Santa Clara.
