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The Ghosts of Kashmir

Remarkable for its precise cut-to-the-bone style and ear-to-the-ground, eyes-wide-open observations -- The Hindu

Like a newspaper clipping shown during a Brechtian play, they remind the reader that ... in the battle of political one-upmanship between India and Pakistan, the Kashmiri is the loser -- India Today

Chilling ... in holding up a mirror to our divided countries, he holds up a mirror to the self -- Sahara Time


Eden and Evolution “It would be as if human beings invented God, rather than the other way around”

Culture and Mind: Psychiatry's Missing Diagnosis A three part series on mental health & culture (PDF)

See No Bias Washington Post Sunday magazine cover story about a test for prejudice (PDF)

The Death of Charnae Wise “No epitaph describes her days. For a life so short, so brutal and unloved, what would it say?”

         
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