Karina Pandya

New York – a city of dream, a city of romance and a city to make money. It is a city many people across the world dream of living in or working in; but you know the stark reality is not THAT beautiful!  It's a place, which has got all the giant financial companies and is home to two of the largest stock exchanges – NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange; it is also the most photographed city in the world!  It is iconic for its centers such as Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, Staten Island, and Broadway Theatre District; anchored by Wall Street right into the middle of Financial District of Lower Manhattan. You have people from all countries living in New York, so you do not even feel like an immigrant. Manhattan even has a mini Chinatown that has the highest number of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere!!!! Wow! As they say in Chinese,  Wa ! It is a major center of the world’s entertainment industry and there are endless number of parks and ...

The transformation of televisions to electronic televisions has changed from a niche invention to a living room mainstay and various sitcoms post 50s have made television audiences beyond loyal. It was surely a golden age for sitcoms and it had the effect of being a great ‘fantasy’ of good guys always there to ‘distract’ us from the cold brutalities of the Cold War. Growing up my whole life included watching sitcoms like I Love Lucy, Saved by the Bell, Family Matters,  Full House The Brady Brunch,    Doogie Howser M.D. The Cosby Show, The Wonder Years, Frasier, Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel-air and Seinfeld New York is like a magnet for many of these shows and plenty more of the 2000s such as "How I Met Your Mother", The Twilight Zone, Wonder Years, Late Night with David Letterman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men and more. However, w...

New York is a city that is well known for its skyscrapers, its attitude and economic power. However the Big Apple is worth so much more! Surprisingly it is the ‘Mecca’ for writers, thinkers and artists from all over the world. John Grisham, David Baldacci  , Catherine Lacey, Ben Lerner and many more adding to the list of writers. Moreover, some of the most important decisions are made in the within the thousands of towering, glowing skyscrapers and the buildings that engulf the area.  New York is a city and a mega city it is, because besides just its five boroughs -Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island this city has other cities- Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, with the state capital being Albany. In pursuit of expression, right from the 19th century we have not only the struggling but also the aspiring writers present. New York has just got something about it that writers love to identi...