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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT "Obama is average" By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures How I got well in India for $50 By Aruna Viswanatha Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/03/india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/03/india/index.html?source=rss My cheap, fast and effective treatment in New Delhi reminded me of everything wrong with American healthcare The minister of Twitter By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/12/subcontinental_twitter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/12/subcontinental_twitter/index.html?source=rss India's Shashi Tharoor shows juvenile American politicians how micro-blogging should be done. Need some balm for the soul By Cary Tennis Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/14/balm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/14/balm/index.html?source=rss Dad died, lover left me, unemployed, things are tough, could use a lift. Will the real "slumdog millionaire" please stand up? By Fiona Ehlers Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/03/23/slumdog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/03/23/slumdog/index.html?source=rss He was the only man to win the grand prize on India's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" And though he wasn't a slumdog, he has now devoted his life to helping impoverished children. Archie's passage to India By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/11/archie_goes_to_india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/11/archie_goes_to_india/index.html?source=rss Yes, that Archie, the goof who is finally (gasp!) proposing to Veronica. The last gasp of cultural imperialism? Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge? By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/12/pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/12/pakistan/index.html?source=rss The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple. Thrill ride through a "maximum city" By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/12/slumdog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/12/slumdog/index.html?source=rss Danny Boyle talks about shooting his Dickensian quiz-show saga "Slumdog Millionaire" on the streets of Mumbai (a podcast and interview). India's all-important Obama endorsement By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/03/india_endorses_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/03/india_endorses_obama/index.html?source=rss A financial newspaper backs the Democrat, from 11000 kilometers away "Sea of Poppies" By Laura Miller Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/14/ghosh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/14/ghosh/index.html?source=rss "Sea of Poppies," set in Calcutta, is a swashbuckling saga full of sadists, weaklings and tyrants -- and, thankfully, there are two more volumes to come. Have curry spices, will travel By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/09/curry_liberation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/09/curry_liberation/index.html?source=rss Aficionados of Indian cuisine in the United Kingdom can relax -- the government is heeding the belly growls of the people A condom ringtone to die for By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/05/condomcondom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/05/condomcondom/index.html?source=rss It was the best of all prophylactic public service campaigns. It was the worst of all prophylactic public service campaigns Indie film's new, globalized realism By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/04/pool/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/04/pool/index.html?source=rss Do low-budget American films like "The Pool" (made in Hindi) and "August Evening" (made in Spanish) signal a new wave of cultural exploration, or just hipster tourism? Indian superheroes take a fall By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/27/indian_superheroes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/27/indian_superheroes/index.html?source=rss The latest victim of the global economic slump: "Devi/Witchblade" and "Ramayan 3392 Reloaded" Empowerment, not emasculation By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/high_school_musical_india_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/high_school_musical_india_2/index.html?source=rss If India could survive Alexander, it can survive Disney. The foreign adventures of "High School Musical," continued High School Bollywood Musical By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/19/high_school_musical_india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/19/high_school_musical_india/index.html?source=rss After marketing the gold-minting franchise in India, Disney brings it all back home. The fall of Bush's man in Pakistan By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/musharraf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/musharraf/index.html?source=rss Despite Pervez Musharraf's despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end. Asian athletes kick butt By John Krich Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/13/asian_athletes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/13/asian_athletes/index.html?source=rss Sports are coming on strong in a region that has traditionally favored scholarship. Example: Thailand's prodigious women weightlifters. Looking for the perfect stranger By Anita Jain Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/08/12/marrying_anita/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/08/12/marrying_anita/index.html?source=rss How a single, successful New York writer ended up pursuing an arranged marriage in India. Journalist seeking paycheck? Try India By Arun Venugopal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/07/journalists_go_to_india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/07/journalists_go_to_india/index.html?source=rss As U.S. newsrooms shrivel, India's are booming. And they're hiring, not firing reporters and editors. The subcontinental salsa king By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/05/hindi_salsa_king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/05/hindi_salsa_king/index.html?source=rss Hindi pop songs plus South American rhythm plus an Intel electrical engineer equals magic Empires on the rise By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/05/imperial_energy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/05/imperial_energy/index.html?source=rss China and India battle for a London-based energy company pumping oil in Siberia and Kazakhstan. That's globalization, folks. From clearing crap to modeling fashion By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/11/india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/11/india/index.html?source=rss Former Indian sanitation workers hit a New York runway. So you think you can dance, Bollywood? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/10/you_can_dance_bollywood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/10/you_can_dance_bollywood/index.html?source=rss Reality TV meets "Om Shanti Om" meets a fun time for the whole family Rich country, poor country, hot planet By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/07/g8_and_climate_change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/07/g8_and_climate_change/index.html?source=rss Europe's head start on fighting climate change might offer some useful hints for the masters of the global economy currently meeting in Japan.