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Interview: Akash Kapur on Making Sense of India's Transformation

Indian-American writer Akash Kapur speaks about reacquainting himself with India as the country undergoes rapid social and economic development.

March 12th by Nadia Rasul | Comments

Book Excerpt: 'India Becoming' by Akash Kapur

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Indian-American writer Akash Kapur rediscovers a sense of the new when he returns to India, in an excerpt from his new book.

March 5th by Nadia Rasul | Comments

Photo of the Day: India Prepares for Holi, the Festival of Colors

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Indian villagers smear themselves with colors during the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji Temple in Nandgaon, some 120 kms from New Delhi, on March 3, 2012. (Manan Vatsyayana /AFP/Getty Images)

March 5th by Shreeya Sinha | Comments

'The Times of India' on the Artistic Consequences of Colonization

Visitors to Asia Society Museum in New York inspect a piece from the Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707 to 1857 exhibition. (Elsa Ruiz/Asia Society)
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Vrushali Haldipur reviews Asia Society Museum's latest exhibit, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707 to 1857.

March 2nd by Geoff Spencer | Comments

Photo of the Day: Sunset Over Sundarbans

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The sun sets over a Sundarbans' village on February 25, 2012. The Sundarbans, which is shared by India and Bangladesh, is covered by mangrove forests and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Sushmita Balasubramani /Flickr)

March 1st by Stella Guan | Comments

Photo of the Day: Bangalore's Russell Market Before the Fire

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Merchants sell flowers at the Russell Market in Bangalore, India on February 17, 2012 — just a few days prior to a fire which burned down 174 shops. (initials BB /Flickr)

February 29th by Stella Guan | Comments

Interview: William Dalrymple and the 'Very Attractive' World of the Late Mughals

Historian, travel writer and journalist William Dalrymple reading from his collection
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The acclaimed historian relates how he came to co-curate an Asia Society Museum exhibition, and explains his ongoing fascination with the late Mughal era.

February 21st by Jeff Tompkins | Comments

Gallup: Americans Like China Less Now Than They Did a Year Ago

(Flickr/Brent Finnegan)
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Several Asian nations held up the rear of a Gallup poll released yesterday measuring Americans' favorability toward foreign countries.

February 17th by Rebecca Chao | Comments

Photo of the Day: Valentine's Day Kiss-Off in Thailand

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Thai couples kiss during a competition for the 'World's Longest Continuous Kiss.' (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul /AFP/Getty Images)

February 14th by Shreeya Sinha | Comments

Photos: The Resource Conflict in India's Coal-Mining State

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Photography Erik Messori documents illegal coal mining in Eastern India and the health hazards affecting the population.

February 13th by Shreeya Sinha | Comments

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