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The Indian subcontinent was the scene of dramatic upheavals a few thousand years ago. The Northwest region entered an arid phase, and erosion coupled with tectonic events played havoc with river courses. One of them disappeared. Celebrated as -Sarasvati' in the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, this...

Rahul Pandita was fourteen years old when he was forced to leave his home in Srinagar along with his family. They were Kashmiri Pandits- the Hindu minority within a Muslim-majority Kashmir that was by 1990 becoming increasingly agitated with the cries of ?Azaadi? from India. Our Moon Has Blood...

Before the global financial meltdown of 2008, India's economy was thriving and its GDP growth was cruising at an impressive 8.8 per cent. The economic boom impacted a large section of Indians, even if unequally. With sustained high growth over an extended period, India could have achieved what...

Faux history of North Carolina's outer banks.

What shapes our sense of place, our sense of time, and our memory? How is technology changing the way we make sense of the world and of ourselves? Our screens offer us connection, especially now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are certain depths of connection our screens can’t...

Estamos cansados de amar con vergüenza, de engendrar con miedo, de trabajar sin ganas, de luchar sin fuerzas, de morir sin gracia. Y estamos cansados de ser los cómplices de nuestros verdugos, de elegir a los que nos matan, de alimentar a los que nos roban, de admirar a los que nos desprecian. Estamos cansados de que cueste tanto una educación que nada resuelve. Cansados de que nos sigan diciendo que al crimen se lo combate con criminales, que a la pobreza se la combate con jueces y cárceles; cansados de que las soluciones sigan siendo las mismas que nunca solucionaron nada.