India

2008

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.

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.
A War in the Heart of India

Ramachandra Guha : Human Rights

Maoists say they're fighting for the invisible tribal peoples of India. Are they terrorists, or the product of a corrupt and unjust system?
Inevitable Revolutions

Gyan Prakash : Non-Fiction

In William Dalrymple's The Last Mughal, the 1857 Uprising against British rule in India is recast as a cross-border friendship gone sour.
The Spoils of Indian Democracy

Siddhartha Deb : Non-Fiction

Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.
Bombay Confidential

Carl Bromley : Fiction

Vikram Chandra's epic crime novel Sacred Games is an infernal history of India in the last decade.
The Illogic of Empire

Gary Younge : Iraq War

Iraq is America's colonial war. Arguments for maintaining colonial rule in India are almost identical to the justifications offered for the continuing presence of US troops in Iraq and escalation of the war.

Mumbai's Casualties

Graham Usher : Pakistan

The grisly commuter train bombings in Mumbai on July 11 both endangered the India/Pakistan peace process and underscored its fragility.
Mumbai's Other Casualty

Graham Usher

The fragile peace process between India and Pakistan fell apart after last week's grisly commuter train bombings.
The Red Flag, From Berlin to West Bengal

Alexander Cockburn : Germany

The left may be a dusty relic in Germany, but in the Indian state of Kerala, it has made formidable gains on a platform of reform and smart economic policies.
Ending Nonproliferation

Michael T. Klare : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

President Bush's dangerous deal to deliver nuclear technology to India is a significant breach of the nonproliferation treaty and will make nuclear war more likely.
Bush in India: Just Not Welcome

Arundhati Roy : George W. Bush

Opposition to President Bush's visit to India was so intense that the only public space deemed acceptable for him to deliver a speech is a crumbling old fort that also houses the Delhi zoo.

Mystic River

Tariq Ali : Cultural Criticism & Analysis

Amartya Sen's latest collection of essays explores the rich flow of various peoples in and out of India and how they shaped the politics and spirituality of the nation today.
Friedman's Imaginary India

Alexander Cockburn : Globalization

India has a billion people in it, and in reality, maybe 2 percent of them get to fly in a plane or go online.
Invisible Republic

Shashi Tharoor : Fiction

Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning.
Message in a Bottle

Alexander Cockburn : Corporate Responsibility & Accountability

In India, Coca-Cola's plants bring foul water and toxic sludge.