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Hospitality tradition helps ease Pakistan’s refugee crisis
The solidarity derived from traditional hospitality has provided a pillar of strength to the embattled nation.
Margin of terror
Sectarian strife within Canada’s Indian community is in the spotlight because of commemorations of Air India Flight 182 which was brought down by Sikh extremists.
From Persia to the Islamic Republic
If the Nazis won, Hitler might have proclaimed their new empire Iran.
Indonesia's bridal wave
One man, many wives. Should it be a free-for-all? Indonesia gets frisky with the concept of polygamy.
Crossing the Muslim-Buddhist divide for love
Thai filmmaker Kaweenipon Ketprasit talks about a work that transcended religions to take him on a deeply personal journey.
The Jewish Mermaid
Korean American Christine Lee Zilka, like Hans Christian Andersen’s mermaid, moves between two worlds for the sake of love.
Gujarat: At the edge of its religious chasm
In 2002, the Indian state of Gujarat was the scene of the communal mob violence that saw tit-for-tat attacks between Hindus and Muslims. NGOs put the death toll at up to 2,000. As Gujaratis go to the polls on April 30, how far will religion figure in this divided state?
theasiamag.com catches up with Soutik Biswas, the BBC's India editor, who is in the state, for a sense of the sentiment on the ground in Gujarat.
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Fashion for the politically conscious
The Red Shirts in Thailand are just the latest in a series of popular movements defined by colour.
The wretched act of animal release
Taiwan’s annual ritual of releasing animals as a form of relieving suffering might just be achieving the opposite.
Hanuman takes on Spidey
A string of animated films starring Hindu gods proves a hit with Indian children and their parents.
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