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Et tu, Brute?

Does Marcus Brutus really deserve to carry the burden of this stigma?

Artless in India

It’s easier to understand time when so much of it seems to stagnate, churn, curdle, and recycle in front of you.

Of Weddings and Funerals

April 29, 2011: A day engraved in history.

Immortal Lies

Amar Chitra Katha comics, translated into almost every Indian language, paint pictures of misleading communal harmony and peace, while perpetrating stereotypes of gender, caste, and creed.

On the Fishy Side

Author Samanth Subramanian talks to us about travel writing, personal histories, and what he really thinks about fish.