In 2001, BMC auditor Prajakta Gupte began learning Japanese, not for herself, but to create new opportunities and a brighter ...

In December of 2001 when Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Japan, and the newspapers reported of official talks ...

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, came into existence through the struggle of Marathi-speaking people and the sacrifice of 106 martyrs of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement. Yet today, serious ...

In “The Cradle of Citizenship,” the journalist James Traub finds that the biggest crisis in education is not what kids are learning, but whether they’re learning anything at all. By Mark Lilla In ...

The Testament of Ann Lee is an epic musical retelling of the life of the 18th century Shaker founder starring Amanda Seyfried ...

Tayari Jones, Ann Patchett, George Saunders and Veronica Roth return with new novels; Jennette McCurdy makes her fiction debut; and more. By Miguel Salazar and Laura Thompson In “Advance Britannia,” ...

Emily Henry has officially taken over the rom-com book world — and she’s about to bring some of her stories to life on screen. Henry, along with Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company, announced in ...

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