Category: So Asia

India Could be ‘Next Coronavirus Epicenter’ in Asia

Indian officials have said the WHO guidance didn’t apply in India because the spread of…

Has BJP Leadership Decided to Divide India Once Again?

“… in one of his (UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) speeches he can be heard…

India Has Slid to Being a Majoritarian State in Economic Despair: Manmohan Singh

“With no checks, the fire of social tensions is rapidly spreading across the nation and…

India Focusing on Measures That are ‘Below Threshold of All-Out War’

DESPARDES — The Indian military establishment faces a ‘David vs Goliath’ like situation and a…

Delhi Police Actions Caused Death Of a Muslim Man In Infamous National Anthem Video

There are some grim parallels between Kristallnacht in Germany in 1938 and Delhi today, says…

US-Taliban Ink Peace Deal, Indian FM Dashes to Kabul

“(Indian) Foreign secretary dashing to Kabul suggests Feb 29 was sudden”; “Pakistan is effectively out…

Arundhati Roy Faces Possible Arrest On ‘Sedition Charges’: ‘Kashmir Unfinished Business of India Partition’

DESPARDES — Human rights groups and activists worldwide and in India are condemning the Modi-led…

OPINION: Radical West and Radical Hindutva Much Bigger Threats Than “Radical Islam”, Mr. Trump!

DR. JAVED JAMIL — Not surprisingly, hosted by his “great friend” Indian Prime Minister Narendra…

‘India’s Great Slowdown’: Facing Twin Economic and Political Crises, Says FT

The growth slowdown has been dramatic, while politics takes an aggressively illiberal turn; the overestimate…

Modi’s Gujarat Model Reaches Delhi: Mosque Set on Fire, Hanuman Flag Hoisted on Minaret

13 people including a policeman have been killed and at least 150 injured since violence…

The Graveyard Talks Back: Arundhati Roy

“Kashmir, the land of the living dead and the talking graves—city graveyards, village graveyards, mass…

INSIGHT: India Economy In Vicious Cycle or Near Collapse

SoDATA (South Data) — Share of loans to cash-poor companies in India more than doubled…