Vishakha N Desai

Standing tall: The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Washington.

The Mahatma in Manhattan

Vishakha N. Desai As the third book of March, a graphic novel about the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, is released, a look at how Gandhi’s legacy could be similarly renewed in India.

The Benin bronzes were looted from Nigeria in the British imperial siege of the 19th century, and most are now in the British Museum

Magazine

Vishakha N. Desai As across the globe, countries and ethnic groups ask for indigenous artworks housed in the West to be returned, questions are being raised around cultural patrimony. It is important now to find ways to “share” a global heritage more widely and fairly

Comment

Civil hands must soothe uncivil tempers

Vishakha N. Desai Benjamin Weiss The thaw in the frozen ties between India and Pakistan can be instigated not in the halls of government, but by their respective civil society practitioners working together

LETTER FROM NEW YORK Columns

Thoughts for Independence Day

August 13, 2015

Columns

Culture and history matter in diplomacy

July 31, 2015

“While Bobby Jindal defined America in the narrowest possible white, Christian frame, Barack Obama acknowledged his role and responsibility in addressing the reality of race that continues to persist in the U.S. despite progress.” Picture shows Mr. Jindal announcing his candidacy for the 2016 Presidential election.

LETTER FROM NEW YORK Comment

What it means to be American

June 30, 2015

LETTER FROM NEW YORK Columns

Attitudes on Indian women must change

June 22, 2015

Letter from New York Comment

Beyond a jewel box institution

June 3, 2015

Comment

The case for liberal arts education

May 11, 2015

Columns

India’s deafening silence on stolen art

April 10, 2015