India
How India’s ‘Right to Information’ Laws Put Power in the People’s Hands
Journalists, rights groups, and ordinary citizens are increasingly using India’s Right to Information Act to hold officials accountable.
Why India Is Still One of the Most Dangerous Places to Give Birth
India’s economy may be booming, but when it comes to providing adequate health care to pregnant women, the country is falling behind even its poorer neighbors
Does India Want to Be a Part of America’s Plan for Asia?
The U.S. Secretary of Defense swung through New Delhi on his eight-day visit to Asia to encourage Indian leaders to help the U.S. with its military and strategic goals in the region
After the Diamond Jubilee: Time to Hand Over the Diamond
Dear Queen Elizabeth II: Congratulations on your Diamond Jubilee. But now it’s time for you to hand over the diamond.
A 12-Step Program for India’s Economic Recovery?
Indian industry leaders gathered on June 4 in New Delhi to unveil their solution to India’s unfolding fiscal crisis: a 12-step program to economic recovery. The dozen measures recommended by the Federation of Indian Chambers of …
Indian-Burmese Ties: New Delhi Woos a Nation No Longer a Pariah
Must-Reads from Around the World, May 24, 2012
Eyes on Iran – As talks between Tehran and six world powers got underway in Baghdad on Wednesday, the Jerusalem Post provides coverage of the reaction in Israel. “Israel watched the meeting in Baghdad that began on Wednesday …
Amid Charges of ‘Policy Paralysis,’ India’s Government Defends Its Record
Everyone wants their anniversary to be a victorious kind of affair. So yesterday — which marked the third year of India’s current government —Prime Minister Manmohan Singh probably did not relish having to spend time …
Obama’s Afghanistan Problem: Neither Karzai Nor the Taliban Like the ‘Reconciliation’ Script
President Barack Obama huddled with President Hamid Karzai in Chicago on Sunday, urging Afghanistan’s leader to accelerate negotiations with the Taliban over a political solution to the longest war in America’s history. But the …
Must-Reads from Around the World, May 21, 2012
Spillover – Lebanon’s Daily Star reports on escalating violence inside the country after soldiers shot dead a prominent anti-Bashar al-Assad Muslim preacher Sunday. “The gravity of the incident… prompted leaders on both sides …
Must-Reads from Around the World, May 15, 2012
Deal in Nepal – The Kathmandu Post reports that Nepal’s major political parties have agreed to a future form of governance, with executive powers split between a directly elected president and a prime minister elected by parliament. “Negotiators from across party lines said that though the mixed model had some weak points, including a …
Can India Balance Its Ties with the U.S. and Iran?
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used her visit to Kolkata and New Delhi this week to urge India to up its efforts in reducing oil imports from Iran. In remarks made in Kolkata, Clinton commended the cuts India has made in …