Desi-American Reflections on Suffering Change
Secrets of 'A Triple Identity Enigma'
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Are you actually Desi-American? Dare to answer these diagnostic clues: - Does your chosen philosophy of change improve or mitigate global interdependence surviving economic, political, and ethnic extremism? - Have you followed the Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to interpret strengths in the universality of suffering? - In this `Post-Laden' era, have you remained politically inert, or favored audacious Democrats, or liberally leaning Republicans? - So do you think you know currently what's best about the USA and India? Even if it's a single `No', or `Maybe', here's your indispensable `manual for survival' · Discover secret strengths of “Triple Identity Enigma”, to dare new essential basics of `ordinary' citizenship, daringly caricaturing `Exceptional American Dream'. · Realistically connecting history with present-day reality, critically learn to argue why notions of change linking with the New World Desi-American people of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and parts of Africa, England, Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad, are so often misunderstood. · Ultimately redefining norms for `Transcultural Citizenship' embodying philosophical, spiritual, moral and humanistic change above suffering, reinvent strengths in Desi-Americanism through globally experienced eyes. “A thorough and complex analysis of the Desi psyche. An impressive document and invaluable reference for all students of India and America, social scholars in general, and those with an interest in Asian expatriates, in particular.”- Dr. Surender Bodhireddy, M. D. “Dr. Dani is the electro-motive force that spurs others to make the extra effort that brings one a bit closer to that well used word called excellence. His aggressiveness challenges all those whom he comes in contact with to do more, and to be more, than before.” - James Jonathan Lard.
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A Desi-American, as Ravi Prakash Dani unravels from his extensive global experience, is the one finding himself `extremely' sensitive to suffering imposed by seismic change embodying hurricane social, political and economic forces. Invariably often such a person has to face the prospect of inflicting upon himself and others suffering of excessive attraction and aversion in the illusion of prosperity. Boldly emodying emergent perceptions of institutionalist orders and suffering in the opportunities to create it, the author foregrounds ordinary `Desi-Americanism' ultimately signifying today's illusive impressions of `competitiveness' and `change'. Unraveling strengths in suffering its `Triple Enigma of Identity,” it emerges as that alone uniquely capable of beckoning humanity into interconnectedness with “Post Racial” and “Post 9/11” America.
About the Author
Ravi Prakash Dani has taught Biology and Biotechnology at Texas Tech University and Russian Language at Nagpur University. His global experience includes working as ARS Scientist with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, as Visiting Professor to Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, and as Consultant to the Farmer-To-Farmer Program of USAID and the Science & Technology Center for Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Based in Lubbock, Texas, he is Co-Founder of Gene Scan Inc. and North America Foundation for Global Educational Outreach (NAFGEO). Dr. Dani is Past President of The India Association of West Texas. He is a supporter of Initiatives of Change - `Trust Factor' “Center for Rural Transformation', and `Action for Life' Programs; Lubbock Interfaith Association; Nature Conservancy; Sierra Club; World Wildlife Fund; and National Parks Conservation Association of America.