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Finally got a chance to read that NYT article and wanted to add: studying the Greeks is what brought me back to my own roots. Growing up in America, I

This has been the great failing of the Indian elite. One can litigate the validity of this rage until the end of time but it won’t make a lick of

As a condition to ascension to Ghana’s independence in 1957, the British demanded a hand in drafting the Ghanian constitution. The result was a highly federalized state that offered special

Quick thread on the Cisco case and @HinduAmerican's response. According to the HAF blog: "The State of California has asserted that the caste system is 'a strict Hindu social and

Octavio Paz on Nehru:“It was in the last years of his life. Despite his visible fatigue, I was always amazed at his elegance: immaculately dressed in white with a rose

Interesting piece on the geography of farmer suicides in India. Looks like Punjab and Mizoram are the two states where farmer suicides in 2018 surpassed the overall suicide rate. What's

One thing I've come to appreciate as I've gotten older is the extent to which Indian cultural norms are shaped by survival pressures. The extreme emphasis on conformity, risk aversion,

India trained a post-colonial elite that is exceedingly skilled at talking about India's problems, but totally inept at fixing them. Unsurprisingly, it is a commonly held view among this class

If you've been following the India reportage in western media over the past year, you would expect the BJP to be in a vulnerable position following the "nation-wide, grassroots" protests

One of the interesting things about the America-India relationship is witnessing the intersection of two peculiar national pathologies of "exceptionalism." American exceptionalism is messianic, which simultaneously endows it with

An excellent point by @esaagar. Opposing hindutva is one thing, but treating it as a lunatic fringe is simply inaccurate, and a rhetorical ploy often used to justify reductive, bigoted

77% of respondents rate the PM's performance as "outstanding" or "good."For those of us in the diaspora who get our news re: India primarily from American/British news services and "South

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