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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

Ambani wedding

  • Have the Ambanis jumped the shark?

    X.T.M asks whether the Ambanis’ months-long wedding, with $250,000 watches for groomsmen, has gone too far, and wonders if such displays help explain the BJP’s weaker-than-expected election result, wishing the…

    X.T.M14 July 20241 comment
  • The Ambani Wedding & the Modern Face of India

    X.T.M wonders whether Hindu culture, after centuries of conquest, finds security in displays of wealth, contrasting this with Persianate restraint, and suggests the Ambanis could instead fund India’s STEM legacy…

    X.T.M12 March 202410 comments
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