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The impossibility of explaining India (and China)
Truth without context is a problem
Feb 27
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Pallavi Aiyar
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How has China manged to make people mind their manners?
Or has it?
Feb 19
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Pallavi Aiyar
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The English conquistador of the Indian Imagination
Reading Enid Blyton in 80s India
Feb 12
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Pallavi Aiyar
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Why I Would Rather Be Born Chinese Than Indian Today
Two decades has ended the equivocation I once felt
Feb 5
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Pallavi Aiyar
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January 2026
The need for generosity of listening
Affront is taken more often than it is intended
Jan 22
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Pallavi Aiyar
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Running to Japan
The Chinese elites emigrating to Japan
Jan 11
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Pallavi Aiyar
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My souring love affair with my "bad boyfriend" Indian passport
The difficulties of cosmopolitanism
Jan 6
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Pallavi Aiyar
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December 2025
A listicle for the New Year
Be tender to the soles of your feet and other hacks
Dec 30, 2025
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Pallavi Aiyar
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12
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The Polyphony of Hair
Traveling through tresses
Dec 23, 2025
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Pallavi Aiyar
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Escaping the enema
Adventures in Ayurveda
Dec 19, 2025
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Pallavi Aiyar
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Is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Window Dressing?
Confucius and the Communists
Dec 10, 2025
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Pallavi Aiyar
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Travels in The Other Place - New Book Alert
All unhappy travelers are alike; every happy traveler finds their own path.
Dec 4, 2025
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Pallavi Aiyar
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