THE FEATURED ARTICLES
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Celebrations: Diwali Drawings 2014
October 2014 - Results of Khabar’s festival drawing competition: scenes of the festive season submitted by children.
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Americana: Bad Sports
October 2014 - Aggressive competition is ruining good old playtime. Might it be healthier if we wrest the game away from ESPN and big business, and return it to the kids and local playgrounds?
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When Narendra Modi Was in Atlanta
September 2014 - NARENDRA MODI’S ATLANTA CONNECTION: Two Atlanta residents, Niranjan Jain and Dr. Vasudev Patel, recount their 1997 experiences when Narendra Modi came visiting.
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Bon Appetit to Indian Cuisine
September 2014 - Canadian actor Charlotte Le Bon and Manish Dayal, youthful stars of Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey’s The Hundred Foot Journey (of Indian cuisine and endearing cross-cultural sparks), in conversation with Khabar.
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Books: The Other Indians of New Mexico
September 2014 - Mira Jacob talked to Khabar about The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, her debut novel about extended families, the angst of displacement, childhood visits to India, and more.
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Legacy: Mahouts: A Vanishing Tribe
September 2014 - The vanishing legacy of mahouts, India’s traditional elephant keepers: As development encroaches on the forest, elephants clash with people--and mahouts are needed but leaving.
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Scrape, Pillage, and Plunder: The Story of Appalachia
September 2014 - Appalachia epitomized poverty in America; its circumstances gave rise to workers’ unions. Its history has been rough, full of “outsiders” who exploited the land and people.
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Film: When High Wattage Directors Converged in the Big Apple
August 2014 - ALTERNATIVE CINEMA’S TOP DIRECTORS CONVERGE IN NEW YORK: a virtual tour of the New York Indian Film Festival, including chats with some of Indian cinema’s brightest lights.
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JIMMY SONI: Taking HuffPost to India
August 2014 - MEDIA MAVERICK JIMMY SONI OF HUFFINGTON POST…talks to Devika Rao about his work and his latest challenge—launching this trendsetting online journal in India.
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Roots: Identity Shifts
August 2014 - A 19-year-old’s perspective on the age—old immigrant question, “Who am I ?” On a trip to India with American classmates, Kavya Durbha wrestles with the identity puzzle.