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The Big Myth
From its ambivalent portrayal of gay characters on screen to an almost incredulous approach toward alternate sexuality, Bollywood...
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India’s Currency Crisis Spawns an Unlikely Magnate
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was announcing his sudden decision to ban all large currency notes on...
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Anxious Indians Turn to Astrologers For Insight Into Future Under Trump
Astrologer Vinod Shastri practices next to the ancient observatory in Jaipur, where the astronomers of the maharaja once...
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In India, a Billion Identities at Risk as Modi Widens Digital Reach
Shivam Shankar Singh woke last month to an e-mail from an Indian government department. It had a name,...
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Campaign to End Muslim Divorce Rrite Sparks Debate in India About Role of Women
More than a year ago, the letter carrier handed the soft-spoken Shayara Bano a letter that would not...
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Snake Hunters From India Are The Latest Weapons in Florida’s War on Pythons
Faced with losing a frustrating battle against invasive Burmese pythons, the state of Florida has turned to an...
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High Crimes And Misdemeanors
The Department of Homeland Security has established a new office, called Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE), tasked...
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Shrine to Coexistence
Karachi is the most violent city in Pakistan. A total of 1,046 deaths related to terror and militancy...
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Apparitions of Doon
“All hill-stations have their share of ghost stories” writes journalist Sheela Reddy. “But the Doon must be the...
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Tough Immigration Laws Are Hitting Britain’s Curry Houses
The British curry industry is responsible for 100,000 jobs and contributes more than £4 billion to the UK...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
The Rise Of The NRI, The Influential Non-voter
In 1936, Radhakamal Mukerjee, a famous Lucknow-based social scientist, wrote a book titled Migrant Asia that contained an...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
Love And Marriage: Rebels Against An Indian Tradition That Endures In The U.S.
For years, my mom, Indira Pillay, told her American friends and colleagues that she and my dad had...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 27, 2019
Integration Of Indian And African Flavors Accelerates
In the 2006 comedy movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” Mr. Bobby (played by Will Ferrell)...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
Oscars 2019: The Indian Sanitary Pad Makers’ Story Wins Award
Sneh was 15 when she started menstruating. The first time she bled, she had no idea what was...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
India’s Rich Fancy These Foreign Destinations
In India, there is no dearth of wealth and the proof of this is the growing number of...
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