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Hipsters were usually middle-class white youths seeking to emulate the lifestyle of the largely-black jazz musicians they followed. But the subculture grew, and after World War II, a burgeoning literary scene attached itself to the movement: Jack Kerouac and poet Allen Ginsberg were early hipsters, but it would...
The word would fade for years until it was reborn in the early '90s, used again to describe a generation of middle-class youths interested in an alternative art and music scene. But instead of creating a culture of their own, hipsters proved content to borrow from trends long past...
AHMEDABAD, India – Nearly two months after its release in America, a screwball comedy about four friends in Las Vegas has become a surprising hit thousands of miles from its Sin City setting. The Hangover certainly makes for an unlikely sell on the megaplex marquee in a country...
Over a generation ago, the more procurable “Green Card” craze brought many Indians (including my own parents) overseas for greater opportunity—suitors for marriage then labeled “export-quality” spouses. Today, even in a country whose growth outstrips America?...
Read an article by Gwen Ifill about the new generation of African-American politicians.