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Aug 23, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Philip Mathew

    From a Goan church to a Georgian saint (opens the original)

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    LAST YEAR, The New Yorker ran an article titled ‘The Family Fallout of DNA Surprises’. The strapline spelled out the story: “Through genetic testing, millions of Americans are estimated to have discovered that their parents aren’t who they thought. The news has upended relationships and created a community looking for answers.” With websites like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org becoming popular, more and more families in the west are digging into their roots and discovering surprises. The big

  2. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Philip Mathew

    The other India (opens the original)

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    FOR THOSE WHO LIKE American Civil War lore, the Underground Railroad holds great mystique. That network of safe houses, farms and churches gave fleeing slaves sanctuary until they crossed over into the abolitionist northern states and Canada. Harriet Tubman was known as the “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. The American Civil War Museum confirms that after she fled Maryland to freedom, she made around 19 trips back south to guide fleeing slaves down the same railroad. Hence, the nickname.

  3. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Philip Mathew

    From prison reform to Gen Z's plight (opens the original)

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    The winds of change whisper in the trees, And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn, This comes to pass when a child is born.” THESE LINES COME FROM ‘When a Child is Born’, a Christmas song that makes no reference to the festival itself. While it is widely sung at Christmas, it has also come to signify the joy and hope that the birth of a child brings. When Senior Special Correspondent Kanu Sarda initially proposed the cover story on conjugal rights for prisoners, it seemed like a first-wo

  4. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Philip Mathew

    The Man of the Year who wasn't on the cover (opens the original)

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    WHEN CHANDIGARH CORRESPONDENT Vijaya Pushkarna suggested Sonam Wangchuk as THE WEEK’s Man of the Year 2001, Three Idiots and Phunsukh Wangdu were eight years away. But we agreed, as Vijaya’s nose for news had served the magazine well in Chandigarh. She retired as deputy chief of our Delhi bureau in 2019.​ We ran the Man of the Year feature dated December 23, 2001, and it was an unforgettable issue in more ways than one. That was one of the few issues where the face of the Man of the Year was not

  5. Article · Jul 26, 2026 · Philip Mathew

    Have we failed our children? (opens the original)

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    THE PROTEST BY students in Jantar Mantar weighs heavily on the nation’s conscience today. My heart broke at the sight of the weeping child who asked the Delhi Police, “I am like your daughter, how can you hit me?” I do not envy the position of the police on the ground right now. Anyone who has ever been in uniform knows that deployment is not about personal choices. It is hard, and heartbreaking on all sides. More than just anger against the government, every parent’s and grandparent’s angst is

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