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A Christmas cake (for Dussehra)
A home-made Syrian Christian sponge cake recipe, given ‘live’ by an aunty, offered for Dussehra season as a sign of faiths meeting in India.
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255, 261, 264, 350, 381
Reports on five Indian Americans on the 2014 Forbes 400 list, most with technology backgrounds and IIT degrees, noting that none ranks in the top 200 and that Bharat Desai…
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“Kem Cho Mr PM”
The author argues that India is united only in its need for diversity, tracing how linguistic and religious demands led to new states from Punjab to Telangana, and questions Hindi…
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An X-Y feminist
The author argues that men can be feminists, that feminism and humanism amount to the same thing, and that the decision on abortion belongs wholly to the woman, with subsidised…
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Lions and (are) Christians
The author discusses the 2005 US visa ban on Narendra Modi and the role of US religious-freedom bodies, arguing the ban made him a victim in Gujarati eyes and helped…
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Why democracy?
The author argues democracy confers legitimacy, as Modi’s reception at Madison Square Garden shows, answers fears of majoritarian rule by calling for a liberal democracy with minority protection, and favours…
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“Vanguards of Khorasan”
The author argues that identity movements are branding exercises, using the Hindutva cow-protection campaign and the ‘Khorasan’ name as examples, and says he distrusts both Hindutva and political Islam because…
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Silk Sense
Drawing on an interview with Tansen Sen of Peking University, the author examines China’s promotion of an ancient Silk Road as a harbinger of peace and prosperity, and the historian’s…
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The revolution eats her (girl) child
The author comments on Jayalalithaa’s conviction in an 18-year-old Tamil Nadu disproportionate assets case, arguing that she corrupted Tamil politics after her mentor MGR and comparing her rise and fall…
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Geetu n Geeta go for (Oscar) gold
A note on Liar’s Dice, India’s Oscar entry directed by Geetu Mohandas with Geetanjali Thapa in the lead, quoting reviews of the film alongside Pakistan’s women-centred entry Dukhtar, and praising…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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