India
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Persuasion, Patience and Many Permits Brought Buddhist Relics to the Met
How the museum and Indian institutions overcame eight years of physical and diplomatic challenges to bring 125 rare Buddhist art…
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Modi and India’s Diaspora: A Complex Love Affair Making Global Waves
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to fuse his image to the economic and political power of Indians abroad. They voice…
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Deadly Monsoon Flooding and Landslides Lash India
More than 20 people died over the weekend amid unusually heavy downpours that have pummeled the northern part of the…
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Up to 50 Feared Dead in Train Crash in India
Hundreds more were injured in the crash, which Indian news reports said occurred after at least 10 train cars derailed.
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Cheetah Deaths in India Mar Reintroduction Efforts
The animals had been extinct for more than 70 years in the country, which has just begun a program that…
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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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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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A Tasting to Benefit the American Indian College Fund
Try dishes from five Indigenous chefs, check out an exhibit on 100 years of restaurant menus and more.
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Food
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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World
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…