The Politics of Pale
An old obsession with pale skin, repackaged for the age of facekinis and UPF outer wear
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Beyond the Indian Machiavelli
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India and China have built their legitimacy on the same instrument — the public exam. This summer, one country's version broke.
Everybody's Heritage, Somebody Else's Visa
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The Wars that kept the Elephant Alive
Why India has 22,000 wild elephants and China has fewer than 200
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Non-transactional kindness: What Schools Should Teach in the Age of AI
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The Middle Kingdom in the Middle: How China bridges the jugaad-shokunin dichotomy
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