New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Pakistani TV dramas have long enjoyed popularity among Indian audiences, thanks to their layered storytelling, elegant Urdu dialogue and visually rich, culturally authentic settin... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- In his seminal book 'Qur'an and Cricket', Malaysian political scientist and historian Farish A. Noor argues that Islam is not confined to doctrine or ritual but is lived through e... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- The rise of Donald Trump's MAGA movement in the United States and the dominance of Hindu nationalism under India's BJP are often treated as unrelated stories. One is described as ... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- they start with a problem and end with an answer. We expect the story to wrap up neatly so we can walk away feeling satisfied. But some of the greatest films ever made do the exa... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- When Donald Trump unveiled his proposed "Board of Peace" to oversee Gaza's post-war transition and reconstruction, the question many diplomats quietly asked was not whether Gaza ... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- One of the most consequential political successes of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has little to do with oil prices, megaprojects, or geopolitics. It lies... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- Human emotions transcend boundaries of language, culture and even time and space. A Hindi play portraying the emotional vulnerability of a celebrated poet finds a striking resona... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- In Muzaffar Ali's 'Gaman', Ghulam Hasan (played by Farooq Sheikh) drives his taxi through the bustling, overwhelming streets of Mumbai when he finds himself trapped in a massive c... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- For much of Hindi cinema's history, Muslim characters have occupied a narrowly defined moral and visual frame. In earlier films, they appeared either as upright allies - Inspector... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- This is a textbook example of chickens coming home to roost. For decades, Indians were widely regarded in the West as "ideal immigrants." In the United States, especially, Indian... Read More