THE EDITORIALS
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India’s Troubling Tilt Towards Theocracy
February 2024 - The massive national wave of devotion to Lord Rama witnessed recently during the consecration of the Mandir in Ayodhya was breathtaking—and inspiring.
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The Middle East Crisis: Polarization only serves to perpetuate the conflict
January 2024 - October 7, 2023, will go down as another day of infamy in the seemingly never-ending sad saga of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Hasan Minhaj’s Damage to the Progressive Agenda
November 2023 - What is stand-up comedy if not the telling of stories—embellished, exaggerated, and even fictional? Take that away from comedians and there is not much they can offer.
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The Cult of “Jingoism Zindabad”
October 2023 - The Opposite of Patriotism: The rise of jingoism, ultranationalism, and parochialism doesn’t bode well for a healthy love called patriotism.
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Lost Childhoods?
May 2023 - Societies and communities are increasingly not conducive for raising children who are resilient and joyful.
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A Philosophical Take on Movies
February 2023 - Making Good Entertainment: Tastes may differ, but doesn’t quality still count? Some thoughts on what makes a movie worth watching—or not.
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Indian cricket is failing to capitalize on its potential
December 2022 - Why is India not the most dominating and formidable cricket team in the world when all ground realities are overwhelmingly in favor of it being so?
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Guest Editorial: This November, Vote to Uphold our Democracy
October 2022 - We have entered a new, even more frightening, era of extremism. This may be our last chance to reverse course.
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An Ode to Aamir Khan
September 2022 - The vitriol against the actor in the form of the hashtag, #BoycottLaalSinghChaddha, is just the latest of many such campaigns against him.
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An Immigrant Community on the Rise
August 2022 - What I learned from three decades of chronicling the Indian-American community, particularly that of Atlanta.