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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
Sex, Lies and Hinduism: Why A Hindu Activist Targeted Wendy Doniger’s Book
Dinanath Batra has arm-twisted publisher Penguin India into recalling and destroying American scholar Wendy Doniger’s book, The Hindus: An Alternative History. Here’s why he has a problem with it
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
Delhi’s Air Has Become a Lethal Hazard and Nobody Seems to Know What to Do About It
The Indian capital is starting to make polluted nightmares like Beijing and Shanghai look like havens of clean air and vitality
What the Death of Nido Taniam Tells Us About Racism in India
An influx of migrants from India’s ethnically distinct northeast has sparked racial tension, and now deadly violence, in big cities like Delhi
The Top Four Countries for VPN Use Are All Asian
That means Asians are most concerned with circumventing censorship rules or hiding online activity
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Marks Another Victory for Indian Americans
Indian Americans don’t need Satya Nadella — the Hyderabad-born techie named Microsoft’s CEO today — to feel good about themselves. Look around the U.S. and you already see “desis” in leading positions, and not just in the …
When Tigers and People Live Too Closely Together, Everyone Loses
Forced into ever decreasing habitats, India’s tigers have been attacking and killing humans