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An Indian community’s journey to becoming a major financial player in Singapore and Malaysia
When the time was right, the enterprising Nattukottai Chettiars set up moneylending operations in Southeast Asia, becoming a financial mainstay in the region.
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Why world music owes an immense debt to Ravi Shankar’s Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra
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Remembering the Swiss photographer who popularised Indian temple sculptures in the US
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How medieval Jain pilgrimage maps afforded the faithful a darshan without any travel
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How medieval Jain pilgrimage maps afforded the faithful a darshan without any travel
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When a meeting with Ramana Maharshi inspired Somerset Maugham to explore Indian philosophy
A brief encounter with the Hindu sage in Tiruvanamalai in 1938 inspired the English playwright and novelist to fashion a character on him in a novel.
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‘We call it anda bhurji’: How the Indian subcontinent discovered Persian khagina and made it its own
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‘We call it anda bhurji’: How the Indian subcontinent discovered Persian khagina and made it its own
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From gobi aloo to gobi manchurian: Celebrating 200 years of the cauliflower in India
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The mystery of why the British created a stew after the town of Burdwan in Bengal
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How a Punjabi-origin war hero became an important political figure in the Philippines
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Temple theatres in Kerala have been an upper caste preserve for ages. Now there are calls for change
An intimate performance space, the koothambalam has been off-limits for everyone but upper castes. For it to thrive again, it needs to be opened up.
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An Indian army medical unit’s ‘selfless sacrifice’ saved countless lives in the Korean War
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Ukraine’s official Twitter handle is processing the nation’s trauma in real time with memes
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Small is beautiful: An artist in Tamil Nadu is carving miniature sculptures on pencil tips
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An artist looks at Grimms’ fairy tales and finds sexist stereotypes that are common in India
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An engineer in Canada is urging South Asians to post their family photos and memories on Instagram
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Ten Indian designers who are reimagining the English alphabet for an Instagram challenge