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An American flag is seen left on a fence outside the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum during ceremonies marking the 16th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, U.S., September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC1E86015FC0

THE BLEEDING BEGINS

Trump’s H-1B curbs are putting off foreign students and choking the US economy

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan at an event on financial inclusion in Mumbai April 2, 2015.

PASSPORT PLEASE

An Indian could run the UK’s central bank. Why can’t a foreigner run India’s?

Participants walk during the Queer Azaadi Pride March in Mumbai, India February 3, 2018.

RAINBOW WARRIOR

A 33-year-old hotelier is taking the fight for gay rights to India’s supreme court

A poster with "The Simpsons" character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Jr., proprietor of the Springfield Kwik-E-Mart, is displayed on the window of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Burbank, California, July 2, 2007. The store was converted into a "Kwik-E- Mart", made famous by the popular animated television program. Specially themed products from the show, such as cans of Buzz cola and Krusty-O's cereal, were on sale.

D'OH!

The voice of Apu on “The Simpsons” tells Stephen Colbert he’s willing to “step aside”

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