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When Boring is Good: Indian Elections
By Patricia L. SharpeHow boring! I’ve been looking for instances of vote rigging, fraud, bribery, intimidation and/or violence during the multi-week polling process in India, but so far my web...
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Stress Test for Pakistan’s Judicial System
By Patricia Lee SharpeA father (with accomplices)beats his daughter to death right in front of the courthouse in Pakistan’s most sophisticated, most cultured, most refined city—and the police behave...
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Narendra Modi: That Shocking Costume in New York
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appearance at Madison Garden before thousands of Indian-Americans during UN Week was dubbed a “love fest.” It was certainly a tamasha,...
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The Sikh Cabbie’s Tale
By Patricia Lee Sharpe The taxi driver anecdote gets too much ridicule. I’ve found you can learn a lot by listening to the guy (usually) behind the wheel. Taxi drivers from Boston’s Logan airport to...
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Religio-Cultural Nationalism & Valentine’s Day in Delhi: Not Really So Funny
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Lodi Garden is not a manicured place. Its ambient vegetation is Delhi’s scrubby woodland, the scrappy growth that springs back after a dose of over-civilization. But there are...
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How English Keeps India Together
By Patricia Lee SharpeGiven his complex parentage (Indian Sikh and Pakistani Muslim) and his own career as a writer in English, both fiction and non-fiction, the latter for British or American...
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The Truth is Out
By Patricia L. SharpeNew York Times headlines notwithstanding, King Salman of Saudi Arabia won’t be merely “snubbing” President Obama when he fails to attend a summit meeting in Washington. He can’t...
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Saudis Playing with Fire
By Patricia Lee SharpeIf the documents recently made public on Wikileaks are authentic, and they appear to be, then Saudi Arabia seems to be doing a more ambitious job of public diplomacy than the...
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Twice Deceived: the U.S. by Pakistan’s I.S.I.
By Patricia Lee SharpeThe myth holds that Pakistan’s I.S.I. (aka the Interservices Intelligence Agency) is on top of everything. Its generals are the puppeteers who control Pakistan.If so, the...
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Sri Lanka and the Scars of War: A Review Article
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Today’s Sri Lanka is the ancient land of Serendip, which gave rise to the modern English word serendipity. Sri Lanka is still a stunningly beautiful island surrounded by white...
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