The India Files

An Indophile shares his passion for the most different culture in the world.

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Roasting Missionaries & Other Disruptions

Truth and reality have never been more compromised by fictionalizations than today. Perhaps ideologically unaligned storytellers can guide people toward…

Feb 8 •

'The White Tiger' Blows Colorism and the Caste System Wide Open

Ramin Bahrani's taut, confident feature explores structural social injustices the way no other mainstream film has.

Jan 29, 2021 •

'Just Don't Die in India'

An Old India Hand takes a friend to Varanasi, the oldest living city in the world, and remembers his own first time in India.

Dec 24, 2017 •

Journey to the Secret Temple of India's Sacred Eunuchs

In a piece from 2012, Killough remembers a trip twenty years prior in search of the mythical temple to the patron goddess of India's holy transsexuals.

May 22, 2012 •

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