List of Culture articles
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A drawn illustration showing traditional Gujarati food on the left and meat dishes on the right. Hands reach from either side to pull at the green tablecloth to hide and push aside the meat offerings. When Vegetarians Become Vigilantes
Strict dietary edicts have spawned a wave of hostility toward meat-eaters in Modi’s India.
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Mario Vargas Llosa raises his arms. Mario Vargas Llosa: A Literary Colossus Who Aimed to Change the World
The Peruvian Nobel laureate initially embraced communism—until it clashed with liberty.
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Mandarin language teacher Liu Mei gestures at the blackboard at the Confucius Institute in Sierra Leone during a class for students in Freetown. The Fight Over Language, From Haiti to Kyrgyzstan
Reads on one of the most powerful tools of imperialism.
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A group of well-dressed people sit around a candle-lit table in an ornate, 1800s-style room in a still from Netflix's The Leopard. ‘The Leopard’ Slinks Into the Streaming Era
A classic of world cinema gets the Netflix treatment, and the entertainment value is undeniable.
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A person is silhouetted against a giant chandelier. China’s Chandeliers Are Full of Anacondas
Perry Link’s essay collection finds meaning in silences.
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The book cover for You Must Take Part in Revolution Hong Kong’s Warning Signs for America
A graphic novel plays out a nightmarish scenario of authoritarianism in the hopes of waking us up.
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A man in a sleeveless shirt drinks a bear as another man looks at him. Behind them are walls covered in graffiti including words in German and English. East Berlin’s Last Punks Are Moving West
A small rock club is still raging against the dying of the city’s Cold War subculture.
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A small market on Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan. Russian Won’t Be Kyrgyzstan’s Lingua Franca for Long
The war in Ukraine is leading to a linguistic backlash in Russophone Central Asia as young people embrace their mother tongues.
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Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-April The Novels We’re Reading in April
Two head-spinning rides through a globalized world.
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A man holds a sign reading "Hispanics For Trump" among a crowd at a rally. The Latino Far Right Is Living in a MAGA Fantasy
Centuries of colonialism have spawned magical thinking about race and assimilation.
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A red MAGA hat among a sea of other red hats. The Shape-Shifting MAGA Hat
From an expression of intransigence to a symbol of triumph.
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A group of young women in white dresses out for a hike near a large rock formation. Australia’s First Art Film
“Picnic at Hanging Rock” has kept audiences guessing for 50 years.
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A woman holds a baby to her chest as she and others cover their ears and run from a blast on a street. The Long Arm of Turkey’s Global Media Censorship
Few countries have been as relentless in their efforts to silence discussions of the past in foreign film and TV.
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Two tall buildings are lit up with characters from the movie "Ne Zha 2" in China with a crowd of people in the street. Hollywood Has a New China Problem
‘Ne Zha 2’ shows audiences are growing tired of formulaic Western films.
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A woman sits on a couch and holds hands with a man whose head rests on her lap. A Show About Nothing, This Time From Japan
‘Asura’ is impervious to a succinct pitch, which might be why too few people have seen it.
