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406, 2016

An Afternoon with a Bank Teller

By |June 4th, 2016|Uncategorized|1 Comment

This story I haven’t revealed to anyone but my wife.

Today I went to my bank to deposit some cash.  I am not going to disclose the amount, suffice it to say that it was a decent amount and the bills were in all denominations.  I previously counted the money, but the bank teller had to […]

2111, 2015

Claremont Vigil to express sorrow and show solidarity for the Paris attacks

By |November 21st, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

On the evening of Wednesday, November 18th, a candlelight vigil was organized by Claremont School of Theology’s Office of Inter-religious Committee to express sorrow and show solidarity for […]

1711, 2015

Diwali Celebrations at The Claremont Colleges

By |November 17th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

This year, as every year, the Hindu students of the Claremont Colleges organized a Diwali program at Pomona College on Sunday, November 15. Students from five undergraduate colleges […]

1511, 2015

Pilgrim Festival in Claremont

By |November 15th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

As we do every year, on Friday and Saturday Kanti and I went to the 67thannual Pilgrim Festival in Claremont.  The festival takes place every year just before […]

2209, 2015

Priority of Life

By |September 22nd, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

by Deepak Shimkhada
Last Sunday, September 20, I was at an event at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles to attend the presentation of the Doshi Bridgebuilder Award to my […]

1907, 2015

Bajarangi Bhaijaan Movie Review

By |July 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Yesterday Kanti and I went to watch Salman Khan’s much anticipated film “Bajarangi Bhaijaan.”  The film was deliberately timed to release on the day of Eid.  July 17th […]

807, 2015

Folk songs that touch the heart

By |July 8th, 2015|My Opinion, Uncategorized|0 Comments

As I sat on one of the judges’ chairs on Friday night in the ballroom of Marriott Hotel in Long Beach, I watched many singers come and go.  […]

1606, 2015

Khukuri and Gurkha

By |June 16th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Nepal is known as the birthplace of the Buddha, the land of the Gurkhas, the […]

1606, 2015

Goodbye Guns!

By |June 16th, 2015|Uncategorized|4 Comments

[This column originally appeared on August 19, 2011 under the title “Sale of Nepali Antiquated […]

806, 2015

Two Muslims

By |June 8th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Two Muslims
Deepak Shimkhada
 Ibrahim Adil Shah II who ruled Bijapur […]