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As India modernizes

From Interpersona, a special issue on relationship research in India and South Asia. Rush Hour for the Gods: As India modernizes, mystical traditions are giving way to standardized, commercialized and sometimes fundamentalist modes of faith that do not bode well for the stability of South Asia. Was Nehru just a woolly-headed philosopher or, indeed, a realpolitik player? Buried under the self-rebuke is the moving story of an Indian football team that once reigned over all of Asia; Novy Kapadia recounts the glory years. Is the national census an attempt to dismantle the caste system, or simply a restatement of colonial manipulation? In India, there is a hierarchy of brown — from the lighter, more desirable shades, to the darker, supposedly less desirable shades. Guitar Heroes: Can a battle of the bands help end a brutal insurgency in India? More and more on William Dalrymple's Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. Will there be an Indian Harvard? Some in India are hoping that inviting in foreign universities will solve the country's higher education crisis. The steamy side of Sonia Gandhi: A hot-and-heavy book has political India in an uproar. Stardom is martyrdom: India arrives in the American imagination. A new Detroit rises in India's south: Car makers are lured by Chennai's port, educated workers and limited hassles. Meet India's tampon king: Critics called A. Muruganantham a "psycho" and "pervert" — who's laughing now?