India
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World
How to Wear a Sari? A New Exhibition Counts the Ways.
“The Offbeat Sari” explores the influence and evolution of the traditional South Asian garment.
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Arts
Abraham Verghese’s Sweeping New Fable of Family and Medicine
THE COVENANT OF WATER, by Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese occupies a curious place in the modern literary landscape. A doctor…
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Health
The Essential (and at Times, Elusive) Power of Mustard Oil
South Asian cooks swear by the bite of mustard oil. But in the West, it is not as widely available.
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Politics
Vivan Sundaram, 79, Dies; a Pivotal, and Political, Figure in Indian Art
Veering from European-inspired abstraction, he embraced multimedia forms to reflect the realities of a country torn by ethnic and religious…
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Politics
Can India Change the World?
NEW DELHI — Is India the world’s next tiger economy, poised to succeed a slowing China as a pillar of…
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World
Putin’s top security adviser holds talks with India’s prime minister as Moscow seeks closer ties.
A senior security adviser to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with India’s prime minister in Delhi on Wednesday…
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World
Internet Blocked in Indian State as Security Forces Pursue Separatist
The rise of Amritpal Singh, a self-styled preacher, has raised fears of violence in Punjab, where thousands died in the…
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World
An Elegy to a Pluralistic, Polyglot India Wins Readers and Critics in the West
Geetanjali Shree’s prizewinning novel “Tomb of Sand” pushed the boundaries of experimental writing in Hindi and spotlighted the wealth of…
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Politics
The World’s Biggest Democracy Is Jettisoning Freedom and Tolerance
When I moved to New Delhi in 2009 to work as a foreign correspondent, there was already a decade’s worth…
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Politics
Mukarram Jah, Heir to an Opulent Throne He Abandoned, Dies at 89
He descended from famed Islamic royalty in India and Turkey, but later fled to Australia and became a sheep farmer.