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Lavina Melwani
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Aasif Mandvi on why his 20-year-old play is still relevant in Trump’s America
‘Sakina’s Restaurant is counter to what’s going on in our culture right now, where we want to dehumanise immigrants.’
Lavina Melwani
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Being brown in America: Even legal Indian immigrants are scared of Trump’s victory
There is panic and tears, especially among the young.
Lavina Melwani
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How Guru Google and Fed Ex changed Diwali for Indians in the US
There was a time when the festival was an excruciatingly lonely affair in the US. Not anymore.
Lavina Melwani
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Scroll Ideas: Why has India's powerful judiciary failed to check Modi?
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‘You get one life, you enjoy it responsibly, then you die’: A cancer patient’s farewell essay
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Madras High Court ruled that a temple was a Buddhist site. How will this impact mosque-temple cases?
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‘A Time to Change’: How Nissim Ezekiel became the pioneer of a new era of English poetry in India
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‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’ review: Knot happening
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Interactive art: Why a solid-gold toilet titled ‘America’ is also a commentary on India
A functioning 18-carat gold toilet at the Guggenheim in New York is a critique of the uber rich in the US and in other parts of the world.
Lavina Melwani
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Why have Indian-Americans lost the art of eating with their hands?
A dash of Raj legacy and a side order of inferiority complex have pushed desis abroad towards forks and knives.
Lavina Melwani