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Mango Season: Beyond the Divisions, a Sense of Belonging and a Shared Past That Binds the Subcontinent

Each summer, the mango reappears across South Asia and into its far-flung diasporas, bringing with…

Partition Was the Wound. Nationalism Became the Tool: The Cost of Memory and the Politics of Keeping It Alive

We Were Taught to Remember, Not to Question In the late 1990s, somewhere between high…

A Robinhood Who Wears White: ‘Matka King’ Paints an Engrossing Portrait of the Indian Gambling Kingpin

“Matka King” is a 2026 Hindi-language period crime drama written by Abhay Koranne and directed…

Trump’s Grammar: How He has Recoded the Rules of Power, How it is Asserted, Contested, and Made Real

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein In…

Yolo, Fomo, Skylab, Now: Anxious Generations and the Lost Art of Living for Tradition

A conversation with an Indian American teacher led to a nostalgic moment many of our…

The Trump of Tamil Nadu: Why Vijay’s Rise Should Terrify Us All — And Why I’m Done Being Polite About It

Back in late September, a few days after the Karur stampede, in which 41 lives…

Behind the Glass Cubicle: Confessions of a Working Woman Who Walked Away, and Other Musings

I remember the moment something felt completely off. I was in one of those soundproof…

Charge and Punishment: The Case of Umar Khalid Inverted the Moral Grammar of Justice

Every democracy faces a moment when it must look at itself without illusion. India’s moment…

The Quiet Extinction: In America, As In India, Press Freedom Dies Without a Shot Being Fired

In February 2026, a regional court in a Southeast Asian democracy ordered a digital news…

The Quiet Coup Against South India: Parliamentary Delimitation Dressed Up As Empowerment

India is in the middle of a special parliamentary session this week (Apr 16–18). The…

Predators, Perverts, Pedophiles: Social Media is Breeding Ground for Predators Who Target Children

Two recent verdicts in New Mexico and Los Angeles exposes the sleazy side of social…

The Legacy of Asha Bhosle: How ’Dum Maro Dum’ Became the National Anthem of the Restive Indian Youth

Legendary Indian playback singer, Asha Bhosle (born September 8, 1933) died on April 12, 2026,…