The Insanely Huge and Complex Exercise Known as the Indian Elections Begin on April 7
900,000 polling stations, 814 million voters: Welcome to the world’s largest democracy
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Sri Lanka President Rejects Calls for War Crimes Investigation
Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa remained defiant in the face of intensifying calls for an independent war crimes investigation this week. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay recommended in a …
India’s Opposition BJP Will Storm the Next Election, a New Poll Finds
The survey results are a damning report card for the ruling Congress Party
India Paves Way for Newest State Despite Unruly Parliamentarians
After another rowdy day in Parliament, lawmakers in India’s upper house passed a bill on Thursday to create a new state in India, Telangana. The bill, which has to be signed by India’s President to become law, would carve India’s 29th state of some 35 million people out of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
The bifurcation of …
McKinsey: 56% of Indians Unable to Afford A Decent Life
Report says public spending on basic services “will deliver very little” without also raising wages
After Less Than 50 Days, Delhi’s Chief Calls it Quits
Less than two months after coming to office, New Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stepped down on Friday after failing to get an anti-corruption bill tabled in the capital region’s state legislature. Kejriwal, 45, came to power in December after his upstart Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) defeated the incumbent Congress in …
Penguin India Issues Statement on ‘The Hindus’ Recall
Publisher says it has a “moral responsibility” to protect its employees from threats and harassment
Indian Lawmaker Unleashes Pepper Spray in Parliament
Lawmakers suspended in scuffle
Liberal India Feels Under Threat After Publisher Pledges to Pulp The Hindus
The ability of vocal religious groups, litigants and politicians to threaten publishers has many Indians worried
Penguin India to Recall and Destroy Renowned American Scholar’s Book on Hinduism
A reported settlement by Penguin India to recall and pulp copies of U.S. academic Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus raises questions of freedom of speech in the world’s largest democracy
India’s Modi to Meet U.S. Envoy After Being Persona Non Grata in Washington
That might be because his party, the BJP, looks set to win the most seats in India’s upcoming general elections
Pakistan and the Taliban Making Peace? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Both sides are making preliminary noises about peace talks, and the U.S. seems to have cut back on drone strikes, which helps, but it’s far too early to say how effective negotiations will be
When Tigers and People Live Too Closely Together, Everyone Loses
Forced into ever decreasing habitats, India’s tigers have been attacking and killing humans