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Who Gets to Be Local in a Country of Immigrants?
Grobalization
June 11, 2019

Who Gets to Be Local in a Country of Immigrants?

It’s time to acknowledge that even in the Old World we are all immigrants.

Aziz Ansari’s Dev Shah- A Gandhi for Our Age?
Grobalization
October 30, 2017

Aziz Ansari’s Dev Shah- A Gandhi for Our Age?

Could American popular culture achieve what even Gandhi couldn’t? I’m taking of course about unity in the Subcontinent.

An Elephant Named Indira
The Jungle
May 26, 2017

An Elephant Named Indira

Before panda diplomacy, there was elephant diplomacy.

The Sacred Grove
The Jungle
February 26, 2017

The Sacred Grove

Whatever Thoreauvian notions you might harbor about nature in the tropics, the truth is that the impact of human intervention is everywhere, and what you encounter is not quite natural.

The Scientific Indian
Immaterial Culture
November 5, 2016

The Scientific Indian

In the year 1887, Srinivas Ramanujan was born in the temple town of Kumbakonam, the last redoubt of orthodox Brahminism against the onslaught of…

Cows: It’s Not Just the Hindoos
Material Culture
October 8, 2016

Cows: It’s Not Just the Hindoos

Phooka is the practice of blowing air into a cow’s vagina or anus with either a pipe or the mouth in order to induce…

Mountain Report: Kargil
The Jungle
September 10, 2016

Mountain Report: Kargil

The boughs of the apricot trees in Fayaz Shabir Hussain’s peaceful little orchard in Kargil are heavy with fruit, and the ground beneath them…

Trop Picks: Lantana Camara
The Jungle
September 10, 2016

Trop Picks: Lantana Camara

The first time the lantana flower came on my radar was when the Australian film by the same name made the rounds at the film festivals, some fifteen…

Mountain Report: The Southwestern Ghats
The Jungle
September 10, 2016

Mountain Report: The Southwestern Ghats

September is cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) season in the southern reaches of the Indian subcontinent. The eastern hemisphere’s answer to the vanilla bean is endemic…

The Problem with Diaspora Diplomacy
International Relations
September 10, 2016

The Problem with Diaspora Diplomacy

Diaspora diplomacy has become a thing in recent years. First used to such spectacular effect by the Chinese Communist Party, it has now become…

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