India
Despite Its Government's Antics, America Has Made Moral Progress in a Difficult Time
That's not the case in countries with authoritarian rulers who want to believe that America is just like them.
India's New Nationalism, and Ours
Most immigrants, even more than many natives, viscerally appreciate America, because they know what it's like to live in an unfree country.
Why You Shouldn't Trust Anyone Who Claims 80 Percent of America's Drugs Come From China
A misleading statistic has made the rounds. But it’s based on a misreading of a government report that says no such thing.
While Trump Was Praising Modi for Religious Freedom, Modi-Supporting Hindus Slaughtered Muslims in the Streets
Trump's failure to speak out against Modi's reign of lawlessness and terror is an epic abdication of responsibility.
Modi Cheerleaders Are Abusing a Well-Intentioned American Refugee Law for Anti-Muslim Ends
They want to scrap the citizenship rights of Indian Muslims because America helped Soviet Jews and Christians.
Indian Prime Minister Modi's Lawless Reign of Terror
Narendra Modi relies on private militants allied with his party to crack down on dissent.
Indian Immigrants Are Saving Canadian Hockey
How the Punjabi diaspora rescued Canada's national sport
Indian Prime Minister Modi's Useful Idiots in America Should Now Condemn Him
His brutal response to the protests against his anti-Muslim initiative reveal him as a Hindu nationalist, not a reformer.
Like China, India's Modi Is Engaged in a Massive Faith Cleansing of Its Muslim Minority
He is yanking their rights and building detention camps.
Authoritarianism Is Winning on Every Front in India
Instead of its economy becoming more liberal, its polity is growing more illiberal.
India Is Riding the Nativist Wave to Launch the Biggest Decitizenship Drive in Human History
This is a giant step in advancing Prime Minister Nardendra Modi's vision of India as a Hindu nation.
Why Did Narendra Modi Crack Down in Kashmir?
Scrapping the province's autonomy is a ploy to distract from India's cratering economy.
Is the Indian System Strong Enough to Survive Modi?
India, unlike America, lacks checks against the designs of a populist authoritarian.
India's Prime Minister Plays the Fear Card After Botching Economic Reforms
He's promising voters protection from made-up threats instead of prosperity.
America Normalized India's Airstrike Against Pakistan
But courting war might be India's worst option in dealing with Pakistani-sponsored terrorism
India's Airstrike Against Pakistan Borrow's America's Terror-Fighting Strategy
The U.S.'s raid against Osama bin Laden set an example.
Why It's Time To Disband the Women's March
The infighting shows that feminism might be a distraction to crafting a real social justice agenda
India at a Crossroads
India is known as the land of contradictions, and recent events do little to undermine that reputation.
India Realizes Victorian Era Is Over, Decriminalizes Homosexuality
A ban on gay sex dated back to 1861, when India was ruled by the British.
Indian Prime Minister Flexes His Authoritarian Muscle
He is cooking up a red scare to justify a crackdown on human rights activists
When Governments Suspend Their Own Rules
Special economic zones can be anything from tools of crony capitalism to seeds of a freer world order.
The Insane Hindu Protests Against a Bollywood Movie
India is becoming one, big offense industry
Indian Americans: America's Shithole Success Story
Countries of origin are no measure of the quality of immigrants.
The Murder of an Indian Journalist, a Hero, My Friend
The slaying of Gauri Lankesh, an implacable foe of Hindu fanaticism, shows how much trouble India's liberal democracy is in.
India's Supreme Court Upholds Privacy As "Fundamental Right"
Unanimous ruling protects bodily autonomy, could help decriminalize homosexuality
Trump Is a Green Light for Illiberal Rulers Like India's Modi
The loss of liberalism in America will be costly for persecuted minorities elsewhere.
How Trump Is Emboldening a Reign of Anti-Muslim Terror in India
America is losing its soft power to spread liberal values
Gurgaon: India's Private City
An Indian city's embrace of globalism, trade, and hypergrowth is a living response to the protectionist impulse sweeping America.
Indian Prime Minister's Shake Down of Private Wealth
Modi restores a command economy, ends liberalization.
RIP India's Economic Liberalization
PM Modi's demonetization is a scheme to rob private enterprise, just like his socialist predecessors did.
The World Health Organization's Tough Tactics Against Tobacco and E-Cigs
The United Nations' public health agency achieves consensus through mass detentions and media censorship.
Trump Is Emboldening the Illiberal Hindu Fringe in India
America may survive a Trump presidency. But will the rest of the world?
How Trump Could Doom the World
He'll unleash the illiberal demons of developing countries
Indian Merchant Gets Three Years of 'Rigorous Imprisonment' for Selling E-Cigarettes
In the name of public health, Punjab treats vaped nicotine as an unapproved medicine.
A Communist Student Is Igniting a Liberty Movement in India
If India's free market Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets away with his campus crackdown, it'll be bad for Pakistan
Why a Celibate Prime Minister and a Hollywood Porn Star Are India's New Deities
Why has Sunny Leone become a household name in chastity-worshiping India?
The Bizarre Rise of an American Porn Star in Narendra Modi's India
Sunny Leone has made a career out of sex and Modi out of his celibacy
Paris Climate Change Conference
Poor Countries Demand $3.5 Trillion in Climate Finance at Paris Conference
Seventh Dispatch: U.S. reportedly threatens to walk out
Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris Climate Conference Emissions Promises Do NOT Mean Real Emissions Cuts
Sixth Dispatch: The claim that pledges from 180 countries cover 95 percent of emissions is seriously misleading.
Indian Nonprofit Brings Medical Training to Rural 'Quacks'
Naturally, the established doctors object.