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‘Employee Dharma Handbook’: The Scourge of Caste Discrimination Showcased in a Play by TheaterWorks

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicked off Season 56 with the world premiere of “The Employee Dharma…

To the Young People at Jantar Mantar: Thank You for the Gift of Your Courage. I Intend to Keep It

For the last twelve years, I have written about everything — A.R. Rahman and Wimbledon,…

Why India’s Education Crisis Keeps Repeating Itself — and Why the Protests in Delhi May Change Little Unless We Look Beyond the Fire

The smoke rose over Jantar Mantar again this week. Students gathered in their thousands, demanding…

It’s Not Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Diego Maradona Remains Supreme in the Pantheon of Football

The debate over who reigns supreme in the pantheon of football often comes down to…

Pentimento: Thirty-Nine Days. One Hundred and Four Matches. Three Hundred and Eight Goals. One Layer, Finished and Signed

Restorers have a word for it. Pentimento. When a painting ages and the earlier images…

The Architecture of Trusteeship: Sonam Wangchuk and the Institutional Redesign of the Republic

What kind of citizen emerges when institutions leave foundational questions unanswered for too long?  Not…

I Watched ‘The Odyssey’ First Day, First Show: The Liberties Christopher Nolan Takes With Homer’s Epic Are Real, And They Are Brilliant

FDFS is not an acronym I expect most of my American friends to know. First…

Celebrated Ecological Activist’s Protest Fast Serves as a Profound Critique of the State of India’s Democracy

July in New Delhi is not for the faint of heart. At Delhi’s historic protest…

Shithousery: Why the Rest of Latin America Hates ‘Racist’ and ‘Arrogant’ Argentina

The sentiment of many Latin American football fans rooting against Argentina—often summarized in social media…

The American Dream in Retreat: An Immigration Attorney’s Assessment of a System Under Strain

For decades, the American Dream carried an implicit promise for immigrants: work within the system,…

Sushi,  My Friend — The Black Labrador Who Taught Me More About Emotional Connection Than Anyone Else

“They should watch out for you, o eater of insects. One snap of those jaws…

Complexion Of The Game: Colored Children Of The Colonized World Are The Pride Of World Football

What is the most striking question the FIFA World Cup throws at us today? Not…