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Bush's Black Eye
In the wake of the Sept 11 tragedy and the ensuing “war on terror,” President Bush arrogated to...
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Eating Their Hearts Out
If your house is on fire, you run out and call 911. But when Sharda (name changed), who...
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Banal Dreams
Broadway is that great New York institution. Like everything else, and unlike Disney World, it is a mixed...
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Past Dream Time
From the first opening moments as the skyscrapers and slums of the City by the Sea float eerily...
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Quest for the Ordinary
At first blush Hanif Kureishi’s latest film The Mother seems as removed from the desi part of his...
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Sonia Gandhi and the Hypocrisy of the Saffron NRIs
It is a disgrace on the BJP that its leaders revile the Constitution openly and use every racist...
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Brownie Points
Newsweek recently anointed South Asians the “new American masala,” but the signs as the Oracle might say were...
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Traveller's Tales
It is said the human race does not like to step out of its comfort zone. That’s probably...
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What A Shame
As I write this, the Congress Party-led coalition government in New Delhi is finalizing a Common Minimum Programme...
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What A Stunner!
The election results in India proved quite a stunner. Everyone, we mean everyone — the political parties, exit...
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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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