Here is an important principle in studying the politics of this contemporary era: violence (including terrorism) is not the main measure of radicalism.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Free Fire

The 201, 000 square-foot museum, which opens to the public Nov. 11, aims to chronicle the entire story of American art from the Colonial era of the late 1600s to contemporary pieces made by American artists a few months ago an encyclopedic sweep reminiscent of the ambitions of the robber-baron museum builders in the Gilded Age, but rarely attempted by new museums today.

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The owners have added furniture in the Arts and Crafts style suited to the house's era, and carpets, both contemporary and Oriental.

FORBES: Weekend in the Country

The 12 May walk Metamorphosis of Mazagaon, organised by Kavita Gonsalves for the non-profit Urban Design Collective, took walkers around the evolving Mazagaon area of south Mumbai, where colonial Bombay grapples with contemporary Mumbai in its pre-Portuguese-era homes, Goan community clubs and glassy skyscrapers.

BBC: Walk with the locals in Mumbai