Narendra Modi is on the cover of TIME this week in South Asia, available to subscribers here. Modi is the most polarizing politician in India, rarely gives interviews and is a possible future prime minister, but it bears …
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Why Sri Lanka Remains Defiant Against New Allegations of War Crimes
“They didn’t believe that anyone in the international community was willing to stop them, and they were right.” That is the lucid explanation offered by John Holmes, the British diplomat and former chief of the U.N.’s …
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Must-Reads from Around the World: March 13, 2012
South Asia Celebrates Holi
Devotees across India and Nepal throw colorful power during this festive rite of spring
India: Gandhi’s Congress Party Slammed in State Election
Sometimes it takes a stinging loss for a politician to show the world what kind of leader they are. Rahul Gandhi may be about to get that chance. The 41-year-old, fourth-generation political heir of India’s Congress Party …
Must-Reads from Around the World: March 5th, 2012
President Putin — Unsurprisingly, Vladimir Putin won a third term as Russia’s president Sunday. In an op-ed following the election, Russian language opposition newspaper Kommersant urges those disappointed by the re-elction of …
Must-Reads from Around the World: March 1, 2012
The Lady – Exiled Burmese media the Irrawaddy analyzes Aung San Suu Kyi’s prospects for a cabinet post after by-elections on April 1, mooting the health or education portfolios. “Both would be a good fit—she has often …
Will India Stand Up for Gay Rights?
India Goes on Strike
Shops, banks and factories sit idle as 11 major trade unions walk off the job, demanding a minimum wage and stronger labor laws
Must-Reads from Around the World: February 28, 2012
Electioneering – The New York Times casts skepticism on revelations Monday that Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services have thwarted an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin. “The report came less than a week before the …
Gujarat’s 2002 Riots: 10 Years Later, Narendra Modi Remains in Spotlight
Ten years after the 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat — one of the worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence in modern India — all eyes are on the man who led the state then and still leads it today, Narendra Modi. I …