India’s beleaguered coalition government prevailed in two key votes that will allow foreign multibrand retailers like Walmart and Tesco to open shop in the country. But the debate will likely continue
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India’s Air Pollution: Is It Worse than China’s?
India may have just gotten the wake-up call it needed to start getting serious about its growing pollution problem. A study put out this week by Tel Aviv University reports that Indian megacities are seeing a faster increase in …
At Gunpoint: India Tackles an Upsurge in Illegal Arms
Homemade guns have been bought and sold across India for decades, but a string of murders has brought fresh attention to the problem
Asia’s Passport Wars: Chinese Map Triggers Diplomatic Firestorm
Grumbling over territory and marine boundaries, China and India and Vietnam go titting and tatting with pieces of paper.
Can India’s Fight Against Corruption Be Won at the Ballot Box?
Arvind Kejriwal, a rabble-rousing, fearless anticorruption activist, has launched his own political party. But, given the murkiness of India’s political culture, is that the right route for Kejriwal’s cause?
Kasab’s Execution: After Hanging 2008 Terrorist, What Lessons Has India Learned?
In secrecy, Indian authorities executed Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving assailant of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. But that dark chapter of violence has hardly ended
The Firebrand Who Renamed Bombay: Bal Thackeray (1926–2012)
In India, Bal Thackeray exuded an influence that inspired many but was loathsome to more. His image was unmistakable: his broad-lensed spectacles, the beaded necklace around his neck, his trademark white kurta and dhoti. His …
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Returns to India, Renewing Frayed Ties
Aung San Suu Kyi, who studied in India in the 1960s, returned on a much-anticipated, week-long visit to deliver a lecture on the birthday of one of her political idols: India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
At World Economic Forum, Indian Business Elites Fret Over Their Country’s Future Growth
At the World Economic Forum summit in the environs on New Delhi, a TIME-sponsored panel explored how India’s economy can be reinvigorated and made more inclusive in the decades to come
China and India’s Clash on the Roof of the World
October marks the 50th anniversary of the Sino-Indian War, when Chinese troops overwhelmed unsuspecting Indian forces, seizing the Aksai China plateau in Kashmir. The border between the two Asian giants remains disputed and still …
Yash Chopra, Bollywood’s ‘King of Romance,’ Dead at 80
Chopra, who died on Sunday, was considered one of Hindi cinema’s greats.
The Sino-Indian War: 50 Years Later, Will India and China Clash Again?
Fifty years after China and India last went to war, the conflict’s legacy still smolders and haunts relations between these two rising Asian powers.
The Orphans of the Sino-Indian War: 50 Years Later, What Next for the Tibetans?
The question of Tibet — and exiled Tibetans — still looms large over India-China ties.