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Varanasi Sacred & Profane
My first hour in Varanasi gave me a good taste of the city. A dozen kids were playing...
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Why We Travel To India
For us, immigrants, travel is our raison d’etre. It makes our existence possible. We take it for granted,...
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Giving Up The Mask
It is now among the order of things – everyone wants to travel. Travel is the defining feature...
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Western Gaze: Mementos Of The Heart
Shen Seneca said, “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind,” he wasn’t speaking of...
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Western Gaze: Country Of Contrast
If there is one sight that sticks out for an American visiting India for the first time, it...
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Smart Cameras And Smarts
Travelers are obsessed with taking photographs. We pack cameras first when we prepare to travel. One assumption behind...
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India's Missing Girls
Standing in front of his small brick home, in a courtyard where the dirt has been packed down...
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My Paper Google
I rushed to my laptop in a panic while cooking something complicated, to look up “blanching.” I ended...
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The Bilingual Dilemma
Many Indian parents are passionate about passing on their mother tongue to their children. How to manage that...
Bigger India
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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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