India

Namesake challenges melting pot myths

June 1, 2007 By Tim Hollander And Curly Cohen

The director of “The Namesake,” Mira Nair, seems to be making a deliberately foreign film in America. The film is based on the 2004 novel of the same title by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Watershed in India’s history

June 25, 2004 By Vijay Prashad

May 2004 might be a watershed for contemporary Indian history. The Indian electorate marched into the voting booth and ejected the coalition government led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

India’s right wing implicated in violence

March 8, 2002 By World Combined Sources

NEW DELHI, India – More than 500 people have died as a result of riots here last week. A dozen Islamic houses of worship have been razed and more than 70 people – including children –...