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Berkeley Repertory Theater’s ‘The Lunchbox’ Combines Heart, Humor and Hope

Ritesh Batra’s internationally acclaimed film, “The Lunchbox,” adapted into a musical with the same name…

The Public Intellectual After the Age of Visibility: Thought, Authority, and the Strange New Reader in Our Midst

I.  A Note from the Summit The note arrived without preamble. It came from a…

Identity Crisis: So You’d Like to Prove You’re Indian? Good Luck With That

There is something inherently wonderful about India. It is a country that threw out the…

The Coming Deflationary World: Vinod Khosla’s Radical and Unapologetically Contrarian Views on Artificial Intelligence

Vinod Khosla, the billionaire founder of Khosla Ventures and an early $50 million backer of…

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…