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International Mother Language Day celebrated
The day has been observed internationally since 2002
The Portfolio: Ravi Naidoo on starting a conversation about colourism
In creating her photo series, ‘Brown on Brown: The Colourism Project’, Ravi Naidoo realised colourism affects how every Indian person thinks about themselves
From South Asia with love
An new website is making romance stories from the region accessible to a diaspora across the world.
The darker side of Indians
There is no light side to racial prejudice.
Bestseller’s success upsets Indian literati
At 35, Chetan Bhagat’s chronicling of the trials and tribulations of the country’s middle-class youth has made him a publishing phenomenon in India.
Restoring the Indian experience
In an edited extract from his new book, <i>The Indian in Drum</i>, Riason Naidoo shares his journey to find a nuanced picture of Indian identity.