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by Ash Kaul Autumn opened with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asking for sweeping new powers. Daadi, my paternal grandmother, followed her hawk nosed twin with the same charade. Daadi’s Kashmiri nose, complexion and Kashmiri blood was the least she shared with... More »
By Edward Stanton Some have criticized President Trump’s 36-hour breeze through India this week, arguing that the visit was designed to bolster his own image and that of Prime Minister Modi more than improve ties between the world’s largest and oldest demo... More »
A week before December 10, 2015, when the Salman Hit and Run case was about to be heard in the Mumbai High court, Anand, my best friend Jhanavi’s husband, called me frantically, asking me to come to the Gymkhana grounds in Hyderabad, as soon as possible. I c... More »
Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa Review By Dan Geddes Cracking India tells the story of the partition of India through the eyes of young Lenny, a Parsee girl growing up in Lahore. Lenny narrates the events of her family and native Lahore over more than a ten yea... More »