Hopes for maintaining freedom and democracy are shaky in many countries today from Egypt, to Ukraine, to Iraq and Afghanistan. On the other hand the continued success of autocracies such as China has its scholars arguing that they have created a system better than Western democracy. The Economist recently ran...
Goddess Saraswati in Washington DC – but not from India
The Embassy of Indonesia, the country which is home to the largest number of Muslims in the world, has erected a 15 foot high statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education and wisdom, on Embassy Row (Massachusetts Avenue) Washington DC. Indonesian Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal says the goal was...
Julia Roberts and Eat Pray Love in India
The production team for Eat, Pray, Love, the forthcoming Julia Roberts movie, erected a huge set to depict a bustling India market, complete with a traveling circus in Mirzapur, Haryana near New Delhi. More than 500 people were employed in the construction of the make-believe market. The movie is based...