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With Facebook nearing 500 million users, one feed now reaches your boss, your clients, and your grandmother. What not to post to all of them at once.

A WikiLeaks cable quoted Rahul Gandhi telling the US ambassador that radicalised Hindu groups may pose a bigger threat than Islamist terrorists. The fallout.

At 26, the Facebook founder was named TIME's 2010 Person of the Year. Why the choice was right — and why it made so many people uncomfortable.

A 2005 US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks praised India's democracy for keeping its huge Muslim population in the mainstream. What it actually said.

Diwali, Thanksgiving, Christmas: how desi families in America negotiate two cultural calendars and end up creating a third one.

At 14, Suhas Gopinath founded Globals Inc from a Bangalore cyber cafe. A decade on: a multinational IT firm, a World Bank roundtable, and a WEF honor.

Cablegate in 200 seconds: what the 250,000 leaked US diplomatic cables actually revealed about Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Berlusconi.

From Surat to Hoveniersstraat: how Gujarati traders became the dominant force in Antwerp's diamond district, reshaping a centuries-old Jewish trade.

Trends expire before the credit card bill arrives. Why personal style — not fashion — is the only thing that never goes out of season.

After the Radia tapes surfaced, Ratan Tata moved the Supreme Court on privacy grounds and warned that leaking wiretaps could turn India into a 'banana

In December 2010, Home Ministry officials admitted roughly 6,000 phones were under interception — and the Radia tapes showed how easily the system leaked.

Laid off? It is grim. But every job loss comes with a few twisted consolations — no commute, no 6 a.m. alarm, no performance reviews. Seven of them.

In December 2010, India's ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport line in Mississippi and patted down over her sari.

December 9, 2010: Parliament voted 323-302 to raise tuition fees, and London erupted — the royal car attacked, the Cenotaph defaced, hundreds arrested.

In December 2010, Pakistani papers ran fake WikiLeaks cables smearing India's military — until the Guardian's database search found nothing.

A December 2010 reflection on a year of WikiLeaks cables, a wobbling euro, and New Delhi scandals — and the stubborn insistence of joy and peace amid it all.

Growing up in India, she was told fair skin was everything. Moving to America taught her otherwise. A personal essay on colorism — and unlearning it.

Reports of suicides broadcast live over webcams are surfacing — and audiences watch. On the bystander effect, platform responsibility, and getting help.

Nicolas Sarkozy’s December 2010 India visit blended ceremony with commerce: Rafale jets, nuclear reactors, and France’s bid for New Delhi’s favor.

Architect Didi Contractor spent decades in Kangra building with mud while India chose concrete. On tradition, climate, and the status signaling of “modernity.”