On the opening night of the 29th European Union Film Festival, the Stein Auditorium at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre was buzzing with the kind of anticipation that only the promise of a great night at the movies could inspire. His opening remarks celebrated the age-old connection between India and Europe through film, saying, “These movies are not only a tribute …
The sheer crudity of the NRI “bulldozer” rally in the armpit town of Edison, New Jersey, reminded me of something I wrote in 2010. On July 2, 2010 Joel Stein wrote a witty and perfectly appropriate piece in Time “My Own Private India” about a town called Edison. Edison’s desi community, however, has a fair sprinkling of less well-off people …
Like many big surveys, the 2021 Religion In India survey of nearly 30,000 adults by the US-based Pew Research Center has something to please everyone. Fifty-three per cent see India’s religious diversity as a sign of strength. On the other hand, those who claim India is already the tolerance capital of the world will have to digest the fact that …
