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Movie Magic: Reporting From the Red Carpet and Front-Row Seat at the Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival remains the world’s most prestigious cinema event because it serves as…

Could the Knicks Win the Championship? The Last Time They Won Progressive Hinduism Didn’t Even Exist

In 2014, as a part-time liaison to Upper East Side’s Assemblymember Dan Quart, I went…

Durbar Capitalism: How Adani Group Became So Central to Indian Infrastructure that it Also Became Central to Its Narrative of Development

On January 24, 2023, a New York-based short-selling firm named Hindenburg Research published a 106-page…

Beyond the Dravidian Divide: Chief Minister Vijay’s Inclusive Cabinet Signals a New Tamil Nadu

The first major challenge for the new government came almost immediately: proving its majority on…

Rajiv Gandhi, the Most Elegant and Complicated Leader of Modern India That He Almost Lived to See

To look back at Rajiv Gandhi’s legacy decades after his departure—and more than forty years…

The Sound of Silence in Oslo: On Modi, Power, and the Oldest Question in Democracy

There is a tell that experienced diplomats develop, a slight recalibration of the body that…

Congratulations Stephen, You are Known: A Viewer Confessions on the Eve of the Last ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’

There used to be a recurring bit on The Late Show where Stephen Colbert would…

Bidding Adieu to the Late Show With Stephen Colbert: What Happens to Comedic Resistance to Trump’s Reign

At the outset of the First World War, the British Foreign Minister, Sir Edward Grey,…

Hindu American Foundation Calls for Unity Without Admitting Culpability in Polarizing Indian American Community

President Trump’s recent post on truthsocial.com sharing podcaster Michael Savage’s racist remarks on  India and…

Mirror, Mirror On the Wall: How the Silent Pressure to Be ‘Perfect’ Compels Us to Edit Out Imperfections

We live in a world where imperfections are edited out before they can even exist.…

The Hinge State: Pakistan’s Diplomatic Balancing Act and the Unmaking of the Old Middle East

History rarely announces its turning points in advance. The years 2025 and 2026 will not…

Modern Motherhood: Just Making Sure the Child Still Experiences Tenderness Within a Fractured World

There was a time when motherhood seemed to belong to a different world, at least…