Harrowing cases of violence against woman are reported internationally, while a bizarre backlash takes place against reform in the rape law passed in response to the fatal Delhi Nirbhaya gang-rape in 2012. Misogyny is embedded within India's society.
An experiment in paying villagers in some of India’s poorest villages a modest regular cash payment without conditions has transformed their lives. It could provide an effective anti-poverty programme for all India’s poor. But which way will Narendra Modi jump?
Little is clear about the US renewal of drone strikes in Pakistan—except that they won’t be the last.
The remarkable resurgence of Sunni-fundamentalist violence in Iraq has taken the west by surprise, yet it is a symptom of the long-evident inability of the Shia-led government there to exercise authority impartially.
The images in Manakamana combine to create a fascinating story about tradition in transit, and the necessity of adapting. Film review.
New Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had nothing to say on the attacks in Uttar Pradesh, but a debate has emerged in India about how a rich country can lag so dangerously far behind its competitors in providing basic safe and clean sanitation.
The breakaway republic – de facto state – of Transnistria has steadily been edging closer and closer to Russia, but the Kremlin does not seem all that enthusiastic.
This is no longer a stream of precious collectibles: it’s mainly junk. But the brothers are still determined to trade like gold merchants, like they are living in the city they knew as children. Film review.
Misogyny permeates the political and cultural landscape in India, from the violence on the streets, to the ‘rape jokes’ in journalism offices, to the way in which female politicians are subject to sexist commentary on the guise of criticising the government. As if having Modi as a PM isn't bad eno
In Newark, New Jersey, inquiries into an applicant’s criminal history are delayed until a conditional offer of employment is made.
The invading NATO forces, in an action allegedly aimed at the defeat of terrorism in a country which had no tradition of terrorist activities, appeared to act with no inkling of the lessons that could have been learned.
