India has been rocked by the recent arrest of two students on colonial-era sedition charges for their involvement in protests against the execution of Afzal Guru, the man convicted of an attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001. This event turns out ...
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India has been rocked by the recent arrest of two students on colonial-era sedition charges for their involvement in protests against the execution of Afzal Guru, the man convicted of an attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001. This event turns out ...
Crumbled houses, starving populations, tarpaulin shelters — even six months after April’s deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake, ruinous post-disaster conditions are still pervasive in Nepal. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the worst to hit the sma...
Crumbled houses, starving populations, tarpaulin shelters — even six months after April’s deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake, ruinous post-disaster conditions are still pervasive in Nepal. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the worst to hit the sma...
There’s something haunting South Asian schools: “ghost teachers.” These aren’t the specters of teachers past. They’re fictitious teachers, who exist only on paper to misappropriate education funds, or they’re real teachers who rarely show...
There’s something haunting South Asian schools: “ghost teachers.” These aren’t the specters of teachers past. They’re fictitious teachers, who exist only on paper to misappropriate education funds, or they’re real teachers who rarely show...
Today the Jarawa tribe, one of five indigenous groups native to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, has only 400 surviving members. Until 1998, when a stream of Indian citizens began settling in the islands, this tribe of hunter-gatherers had e...
Today the Jarawa tribe, one of five indigenous groups native to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, has only 400 surviving members. Until 1998, when a stream of Indian citizens began settling in the islands, this tribe of hunter-gatherers had e...
Earlier this month, International Women’s Day created a platform for activism and protests around the world. In Beijing, however, hopes for a progressive dialogue were thwarted when five women’s rights activists with ties to the nonprofit...
Earlier this month, International Women’s Day created a platform for activism and protests around the world. In Beijing, however, hopes for a progressive dialogue were thwarted when five women’s rights activists with ties to the nonprofit...
They attacked at dawn, descending on a police patrol in the remote Sukma District of Chattisgarh, a state in central India. Emerging from the forest, they rained bullets on the unsuspecting policemen sent to capture them. After killing 14 members of ...
They attacked at dawn, descending on a police patrol in the remote Sukma District of Chattisgarh, a state in central India. Emerging from the forest, they rained bullets on the unsuspecting policemen sent to capture them. After killing 14 members of ...
Jyoti Singh is a name that, over the past few years, has become a symbol in India of the need for societal transformation. The world first heard of Singh in December 2012, when news of her fatal gang rape spread across global media. Since then, India...
Jyoti Singh is a name that, over the past few years, has become a symbol in India of the need for societal transformation. The world first heard of Singh in December 2012, when news of her fatal gang rape spread across global media. Since then, India...
In 2013, 400 million Indian citizens lived on less than $1.15 per day, while half did not have access to adequate sanitation. Despite being the world’s largest democracy, India now has one-third of the world’s poor, according to the World Bank. W...
In 2013, 400 million Indian citizens lived on less than $1.15 per day, while half did not have access to adequate sanitation. Despite being the world’s largest democracy, India now has one-third of the world’s poor, according to the World Bank. W...
Photo by Ramesh Lalwani. Many ideas and images appear in our collective consciousness when we consider the relics of British colonialism: partitions, cricket and general exploitation. However, there is another, lesser-known remainder of the British r...
Photo by Ramesh Lalwani. Many ideas and images appear in our collective consciousness when we consider the relics of British colonialism: partitions, cricket and general exploitation. However, there is another, lesser-known remainder of the British r...
In July, after several months of discussion, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have finally established the New Development Bank. With an initial capital of $50 billion and a $100 billion reserve fund, the new insti...
In July, after several months of discussion, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have finally established the New Development Bank. With an initial capital of $50 billion and a $100 billion reserve fund, the new insti...
Nine days after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, India banned the importation and sale of the book. Four months later, in February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued his infamous fatwa against Rushdie for the book...
Nine days after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, India banned the importation and sale of the book. Four months later, in February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued his infamous fatwa against Rushdie for the book...
Sri Lanka has long been a matter of contention in Indian domestic and foreign policy, a topic relevant to India’s upcoming general election (April 7th to May 12th). Tension in Sri Lankan-Indian relations reached new heights when Indian Prime Minist...
Sri Lanka has long been a matter of contention in Indian domestic and foreign policy, a topic relevant to India’s upcoming general election (April 7th to May 12th). Tension in Sri Lankan-Indian relations reached new heights when Indian Prime Minist...