5 articles
An expat debate over vegetarian summit menus reveals a deeper question: why does serving dhokla to foreign leaders make some NRIs cringe — and why shouldn't it?
By Thoughtful India Staff||5 min read
From ashrams to Instagram: how yoga became India's most successful cultural export, what was gained in translation, and who captures the value.
· 4 min read
Indian films dominate screens from Dhaka to Kathmandu — by scale and storytelling, not force. How Bollywood won the region, and the cost to local cinema.
· 4 min read
300 million practice yoga, turmeric lattes sell in Brooklyn, RRR won an Oscar — and nobody in Delhi planned any of it. India's unplanned soft power wave.
· 3 min read
Oil at $110, China's demographic collapse, the India-US AI talent corridor, an unplanned soft power moment, and why the rupee at 87 is not the real problem.
· 3 min read