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There are protests in many cities all over India with signs saying No NPR. But in India these days NPR does not mean National Public Radio. It means…
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Sandip considers the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, 150 years after his birth.
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Zomato delivered a food born controversy.It’s a sign of peculiar times when the standard bearer for the idea of an inclusive society is a food delivery…
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Chickens cannot fly. That’s according to Air India, India’s national airline. It has just announced that it’s going to stop serving non-vegetarian food on…
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India is one of the world’s biggest exporters of beef, even though much of India does not eat beef.New laws concerning animal welfare are seen as an…
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There’s a new political force center stage in India these days. The cow. The cow has always been holy to millions of Hindus but it’s still a placid…
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I was in the holy city of Varanasi and I saw what CNN showed the world on the new show Believer with Reza Aslan. I saw the Ganga, the holy river of the…
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A mother goes back to her parents once every year with all her children, and Kolkata shuts down to welcome her back. That sounds like hardly the excuse…
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After it was posted on WhatsApp that Aklhaq Mohamad's family was eating beef a mob beat and stoned him to death.But what was the mob being fed?
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Choreographer NamitaKapoor grew up in the East Bay town of Moraga, dancing jazz, tap, and ballet. She says, at the time, there were no dance classes in…