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Charles III's 2025 throne speech echoes Elizabeth II's 1977 Ottawa visit — on monarchy, soft power, and royal speeches in a fracturing Canada.
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Oil alliances shaped the 20th century; battery minerals and rare earths are shaping the 21st. How the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are re-running the old playbook
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While the pandemic raged, some in her town partied on — theme parties, no masks, no distancing. A personal essay on FOMO and setting an example.
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In July 2020, Amitabh Bachchan fought COVID-19 at 77. A reflection on his career: the early rejections, Zanjeer, ABCL's collapse, and the KBC reinvention.
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Indian Americans are among the highest-earning groups in the US. An essay on the journey from railroad workers and the 1917 immigration ban to today's
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Today, not yet half a week after Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide, the national conversation of India has conveniently shifted from talking about the…
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It’s lunchtime at the home of the Consul General of India in New York, Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay.
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If you weren’t living under a rock, the Bollywood aficionados among you have read about Deepika Padukone’s recent outburst on Twitter. She accused TOI of…
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Amid the 2012 unrest over an anti-Islam film, the deeper question: is Islam systematically misunderstood — by Western audiences and by some Muslims themselves?
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