Articles by Garen Yegparian

Allen and Sose on their wedding day I haven’t even gotten to write the second one, and now I’m compelled to write the “third” tribute/testimonial/memorial of the year. I had feared this might become a more frequently occurring duty, but never would I have thought …

This year’s commemorative trail began on April 14, in Encino, Calif., for me. The AYF’s “Sardarabad” Chapter had organized the fourth (if memory serves me correctly) “Cycle Against Denial”, a roughly nine-mile loop starting at the Ferrahian School. This is a great idea, but the …

The guy writing this article is currently very frustrated and very excited, simultaneously! With elections in three cities (two finished and one upcoming) where significant Armenian communities are present, needs, expectations, and challenges arise. Challenges can be met—not necessarily easily, but they can be met …

Last week, the City of Burbank held its biennial primary municipal election. As usual, the Burbank Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) participated with endorsements, fundraising, and most importantly GOTV (get out the vote) work. It paid off! However, there was also a down side. …

In Yerevan, we have the bleakness of a stolen election, politely and preemptively, of course, but stolen nevertheless. In Glendale, we have the bleakness of some Armenians running as spoilers, and some political factions working to keep Armenians down. In Burbank, we have the bleakness …

It seems we as a society still have a lot of growing up to do. Here we are, 24 years after the first time Armenians ran for city council in Glendale to better represent that significant segment of the city’s the population, and we’re still …

In the heart of Armenian Country, U.S.A., local elections and their campaigns have kicked into high gear already. Burbank, Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Glendale, more or less in that order, have dates coming up in February, March, April, and May, for primary and general elections. …

You probably remember a comedy movie that came out a few years ago titled “The Cable Guy.” Today’s story is a travesty about real-life cable guys, known as Charter Communications. Hundreds in LA protest Charter to Save Horizon Armenian Television. No doubt you’ve already heard …

No doubt you heard about Azerbaijan’s recent bellicose pronouncements about “cuisine plagiarism” by Armenia, i.e. we are “stealing” their food. As if that weren’t enough, Armenians stand accused of doing all that Azerbaijan actually does by way of cultural destruction (think-khachkars in the Julfa cemetery), …

The degradation, the humiliation, the callousness, the disregard for human life, the debasing of all that is decent about humans and treating others as mere chattel, as I watched this, I kept drifting from the movie, “Django Unchained,” to the description, given in Roupen Der …