India

2009

Putting Caste on Notice

Barbara Crossette : United Nations

Navi Pillay is the first UN human rights commissioner to take on caste discrimination.
Corrupt Democracy in India

Barbara Crossette

Despite vast advances in India's economy, human rights in one of the world's largest democracies remain a major issue. From abuses by police to political violence, India has a long way to go toward protecting the basic rights of its citizens.
Clinton Comes to India

Barbara Crossette : Hillary Clinton

On her first trip to India, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got some promises and some pushback on climate change and nuclear weapons.
In India Election, Moderation Rules

Barbara Crossette

Defying expectations and boosting hopes for stability, Indian voters rejected extremism and caste divisions, to give a decisive victory to Congress Party moderates.
Slumdog Subtext

Barbara Crossette : Film

Slumdog Millionaire captivated global audiences, but in India, it strikes a different nerve--as a tale of personal recompense and revenge by a young Muslim victim of Hindu persecution.
Slumdog Millionaire: Fantasy and Reality

Nur Laiq : Film

Slumdog Millionaire may provide romantic escapism for some, but for me it stirs up very real memories from my childhood in India.
Slumdog President

Lakshmi Chaudhry

Many Indians believe Obama's victory makes all things possible for people of color--but for all the good will, there is little mention of India's ever-present racism.

2008

India's Muslims

Barbara Crossette : Islam & Muslims

The deep grievances of marginalized Indian Muslims are a source of major societal rifts, exacerbated by the anti-Muslim propaganda of Hindu fundamentalists.
After Mumbai

: US Foreign Policy

There is no military solution to the crisis in South Asia. It falls to Barack Obama to create a new path out of the deepening Afghan-Pakistan crisis.
Shibboleth!

Alexander Cockburn : US Foreign Policy

Why is it so hard for lawmakers, media and moguls to take moral responsibility?
Obama's Afghan Dilemma

Robert Dreyfuss : Afghanistan

Obama calls Afghanistan "the right war." But sending more US troops into the quagmire will only make the crisis worse.
Mumbai's 9/11 Meme

Lakshmi Chaudhry : Terrorism

We have much to fear from easy evocations of 9/11, but in India, it is a call to the world to recognize their loss.
India's Persecuted Christians

Barbara Crossette : Religion

Members of India's poorest classes who converted to Christianity to escape the caste system now find themselves the targets of brutal persecution by Hindu nationalists.
New Era for Pakistan--and Kashmir?

Barbara Crossette : Pakistan

The resignation of Pervez Musharraf and a looming election in India offer hope that with the right leadership, the sixty-year faceoff over Kashmir might finally be resolved.
India: What Ails the Giant?

Jayati Vora

The west routinely celebrates the Indian economy as a stirring giant, but the worsening plight of the rural poor tells a different story: A conversation with Prabhat Patnaik.
Gandhi's Teachings Are Alive

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson : Religion

Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.

2007

The View From Jantar Mantar

Basharat Peer : Non-Fiction

The contradictions of parliamentary democracy in India have been a constant source of struggle and rich debate.

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