Category: Partha Chakraborty

Academic life in social sciences is supposed to be a lonely pursuit of interpretations. Not often does an academic theory emerge that energizes, also repulses, so many of the people outside of the Ivory Towers. And rarely, if ever, one emerged that managed to do exactly that in such a short span as Critical Race Theory has done. School districts, universities and Fortune 500 corporations are rolling out orientation programs that are “informed by” the theory while many schools retooled their curricula to incorporate the theory in classrooms as young as kindergarteners. On the flip side, some states are passing laws that prohibit the teaching of the same.

Partha Chakraborty- Partha Chakraborty is an Indian-born immigrant; a naturalized US Citizen since 2018. Educated in India and at Cornell University, Partha is currently an entrepreneur in water technologies, Blockchain, and wealth management in the US and in India. The views expressed are his own. Sometime in 1995, an overnight flight to London carried a […]

Flag Day was established at the suggestion of US Senators who needed an excuse to go back home early, so said comedian Jimmy Kimmel as he heralded six new US Citizens, yours truly included, with “illegal Chinese fireworks” and a shower of ticker-tape.

Partha Chakraborty- Partha Chakraborty is an Indian-born immigrant; a naturalized US Citizen since 2018. Educated in India and at Cornell University, Partha is currently an entrepreneur in water technologies, Blockchain, and wealth management in the US and in India. The views expressed are his own.   Nothing can be less glamorous than the moniker “stat.us”, […]

Partha Chakraborty- Partha Chakraborty is an Indian-born immigrant; a naturalized US Citizen since 2018. Educated in India and at Cornell University, Partha is currently an entrepreneur in water technologies, Blockchain, and wealth management in the US and in India. The views expressed are his own. Uma, Tulsi and Devi live with James Higgins on over […]

Partha Chakraborty- Partha Chakraborty is an Indian-born immigrant; a naturalized US Citizen since 2018. Educated in India and at Cornell University, Partha is currently an entrepreneur in water technologies, Blockchain, and wealth management in the US and in India. The views expressed are his own. My son and I have this little game we play […]

It is fashionable these days to pine over lack of equity at every turn.  Concerns about actions taken ostensibly to further the cause of equity, especially when that means muzzling opinion on the hallowed grounds of higher learning, abound.

Partha Chakraborty- Partha Chakraborty is an Indian-born immigrant; a naturalized US Citizen since 2018. Educated in India and at Cornell University, Partha is currently an entrepreneur in water technologies, Blockchain, and wealth management in the US and in India. The views expressed are his own. By many metrics in the fight against COVID, India has […]

Partha Chakraborty- Partha Chakraborty is an Indian-born immigrant; a naturalized US Citizen since 2018. Educated in India and at Cornell University, Partha is currently an entrepreneur in water technologies, Blockchain, and wealth management in the US and in India. The views expressed are his own.   “What assurance does the United States have that you […]

On April 10, 2021, more than 100 senior business leaders joined a “rapid response call” to “explore non-partisan actions business leaders could take to defend voting rights”.