OUR COVER STORY
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April 2020 -
Mumbai has the second largest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world, after Miami. In the mid-1900s, these architectural gems transformed Bombay, as it was then called, putting it in an exclusive club of fashionable cities of the world. Today a cluster of these buildings is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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March 2020 -
INDIAN CULTURE: A GRAND OVERVIEW. Many volumes will be needed to unravel the many layers of India’s heritage. How did our diverse traditions evolve, with languages, arts, religions, cuisines, etc.?
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February 2020 -
Indians in America have been a "model minority," but given a dysfunctional immigration system, they have become one of the largest undocumented populations in the U.S.
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January 2020 -
RAJIV SATYAL’S INDIAN-AMERICAN JOURNEY: A comedian’s jovial and touching personal essay about family, community, and identity. Also, in an illuminating interview, Satyal shares more.
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December 2019 -
Two opinion pieces consider whether India’s Supreme Court caved in to right-wing sentiments, or made the right decision, with its recent verdict on the Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya.
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November 2019 -
In an interview, author SUKETU MEHTA talks about why the “browning of America” shouldn’t be feared; his concerns for India, especially Kashmir; about citizenship and community, and more.
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October 2019 -
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's essay on Diwali is followed by a review of her novel, The Forest of Enchantments, and an excerpt showing why Sita wrote her own version of the Ramayana.
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September 2019 -
Mumbai’s suburban train system is a gritty but endearing world of hardened daily commuters and occasional riders in awe of the massive system transporting millions of passengers daily.
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August 2019 -
Perspectives on Partition, Part 1: An Unsung Hero, Allama Mashriqi’s Struggle against Partition by NASIM YOUSAF. Part 2: The Forces that Made Partition Inevitable by Dr. UMA MAJMUDAR.
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July 2019 -
MUMBAI, MECCA FOR FILM FANS: Have you despaired over India’s haphazard approach to cultural preservation? Take heart! We now have the Film Heritage Foundation and the National Museum of Indian Cinema.
