In Australia, an Old-Fashioned Art Is Having a Revival
Letter 371 Young practitioners are helping make stained glass, which fell out of fashion over two decades ago, a vibrant art form in Australia once again. The Australia Letter is…
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Biden Will Take Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Global at Summit in Delaware
The president will join the leaders of Australia, India and Japan to announce a new initiative for reducing cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific, a region with especially high rates of…
Tropical Storm Pulasan Strikes Near Shanghai, Days After Typhoon Hit
Pulasan made landfall near the Chinese megacity, days after it was hit by its strongest typhoon in decades, bringing flood and landslide risks. Tropical Storm Pulasan made landfall near Shanghai…
Friday Briefing: Israel Bombards Hezbollah
Plus, French drag is here to stay. Israel bombarded Lebanon after Hezbollah leader vowed retaliation Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes across southern Lebanon yesterday, one of the most intense…
8 California Firefighters Injured When Their Truck Rolls Over on Highway
The firefighters were ending a 12-hour shift battling the Airport fire, one of the biggest blazes in California this year. Eight firefighters were injured when their truck rolled over on…
Are We Seeing an Evolutionary Shift in the Outlook Tamil Brahmins?
Seeing Devi, our servant maid, brew a cup of hot filter coffee for my mother, thoroughly shook me up. Devi? Enjoying free access to that sacrosanct location in a Tamil…
Can the Indian Economy Really Takeoff?
Labor-intensive manufacturing has historically been the best-known recipe for driving economy-wide productivity enhancement. Over time, several countries, notably those in East Asia, managed to move unskilled workers from farms in rural areas…
What Lies Behind the Hijab Ban in India’s Karnataka?
Political discourse in India is currently focused on the denial of some Muslim female students to their constitutional right of choosing to wear a hijab in classrooms at pre-university colleges…
The Impact of Hindu Nationalism on India’s Relations With the West
India’s abstention in a recent vote at the UN Security Council over Russian threats to Ukraine raises serious questions over India being a key ally of the West in the…
The Truth About the Founder of Pakistan
Many scholars have spilled much ink on Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. A giant has now waded into the fray and penned a masterpiece. Ishtiaq Ahmed is a professor emeritus at…