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Secret Lives of Parents: ’The Whistler’ is a Testament to Ann Patchett’s Mastery of Setting and Sensory Detail

I first picked up Ann Patchett’s latest novel, “The Whistler,” because of its cover: a…

NEET the Beatles: India’s Young Need Love, Not Insanely Competitive Examinations

June 25 is Global Beatles Day. On that day in 1967, the Beatles stormed the…

The Inner John Lennon: Watching Credits Roll With A.R. Rahman’s ‘Kya Kamaal Hai’ in Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’

The film “Main Vaapas Aaunga” is over, and the credits have begun to roll, and…

Visiting Iceland Where People Think They Will Be Cursed if They Don’t Believe in Fairies, Elves, and Trolls

On 19th June, 2026, the front desk manager at the hotel Reykjavik Natura greeted me…

Uber’s Litigation Strategy: Here’s What You Need to Know If You are a Rideshare Accident Victim

Uber has made a massive, highly aggressive shift in its litigation strategy by launching a…

Can Indian American Nithya Raman Win the Los Angeles Mayoral Election in November? Why Not?

The U.S. today is a troubled, not to mention divided, nation. Some say it’s in…

At its Beating Heart Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’ is a Poem About Father-Daughter Relationship

“That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess…

America at 250: Learning About First Stories of This Land Dating Back Thousands of Years Before the Birth of the United States

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, communities across the nation are reflecting on…

Vacuous Applause: Modi’s Foreign Policy Increasingly Mistakes Visibility for Influence

Foreign policy is the management of loneliness. Every nation ultimately stands alone. Alliances shift. Governments…

Modi’s Obsession with Headline Management Won’t Buy Him the Immortality that He Craves

The shameless celebration on June 10 projecting Narendra Modi as the ‘longest serving elected uninterrupted…

Here’s to Raising a Toast of Provençal Rosé to My Mother in the Heart of the Artichoke

My thoughts drifted to poetry after a luxurious stroll through the farmers’ market in Walnut…

Deconstructing Rahul Gandhi: A Moral Critic of Status Quo Who Has Uncomfortable Relationship With Power

The debate between Ramachandra Guha and Shashi Tharoor over Rahul Gandhi’s fitness for the prime…