India at a Crossroads
India is known as the land of contradictions, and recent events do little to undermine that reputation.
India
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?
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.
Mark Zuckerberg Should Sponsor for Asylum the Family of Indian Muslim Lynched for Eating Beef
Silicon Valley's shameless courting of Indian PM Modi has fed the flames of Hindu zealotry in India
Will Trump's America Demand Quotas for Whites?
India's upper-caste protests show that the scenario is not so bizarre.
Could Trump Lead a Movement for White Racial Quotas One Day?
India's upper-caste quota wars suggest that racial quotas for whites are not so far fetched
Does Britain Owe India Reparations for Colonial Rule?
Only if India owes reparations to dalits for the caste system
Indian Muslims Show Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Warnings About Islam Are Misplaced
Her fear-mongering won't produce the reformation she wants
India Bans BBC's Searing Documentary on the Delhi Gang Rape
But the director's pc plea that rape is a global problem trivializes the violence Indian women confront
Sex Workers From South Africa to India to Washington Demand Decriminalization on International Sex Workers' Rights Day 2015
"Only rights will stop the wrong."
How Michelle Obama's Fashion Diplomacy Punctured India's Color Prejudice
The First Lady's love for fashion exposed Indians to a different conception of beauty
Shikha Dalmia on the Soft Power of Michelle Obama's Designer Wardrobe
How it was a force for good against India's color prejudice
This Chart Shows How Much Freedom the World Has Won and Lost Since 1972
Looking at Freedom House's data from the perspective of individuals instead of states
Shikha Dalmia on President Obama's Failure to Stick Up for Religious Liberties in India
He missed an important opportunity
India's Prime Minister Should Go Home and Get to Work
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tasteless New York rally was embarrassing and demonstrated his warped priorities.
Does NYT's Jill Abramson Have It Worse Than Her Indian Sisters?
Sexism might be the result of America's greater sexualization and egalitarianism
