India

India’s Last-Chance Parents

Photos of an Indian fertilization clinic that's giving elderly couples another shot at having children.

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Holey Days

Photos of piercing and prayer during the Tamil holiday of Thaipusam.

BY LOIS PARSHLEY | FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Cult of Mayawati

Love her or hate her, India's polarizing political superstar is a force to be reckoned with.

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The 'Untouchable'

Meet Mayawati, India's multimillionaire lower-caste power broker and politician.

BY SADANAND DHUME | FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The Battle for Bihar

Sleaze still plagues India. But one place is fighting back.

BY SUDIP MAZUMDAR | JANUARY 25, 2012

Girl Power and the Fragility Trap

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.

BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 20, 2012

The General's Luck Runs Out

Does the killing of the notorious guerrilla leader Kishenji mean the end of India's four-decade Maoist insurgency, or the beginning of its next chapter?

BY JASON MIKLIAN | NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The Stories You Missed in 2011

10 events and trends that were overlooked this year, but may be leading the headlines in 2012.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 2011

The Festival of Lights

Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs around the world celebrate Diwali.

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Debating the Pacific Century

In the November issue of Foreign Policy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argues that it's time for the United States to move on from its costly wars in the Middle East, and make a strategic "pivot" to Asia. FP asked four smart observers to take the measure of Clinton's plans for engagement in the Far East.

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Looking East

Six decades of the United States in Asia, in photographs.

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Epiphanies from Nandan Nilekani

"Seattle has Bill," Thomas Friedman once wrote. "Bangalore has Nandan." The co-founder of Infosys -- the Indian company that made "outsourcing" a household word -- famously gave Friedman the central conceit for The World Is Flat when he said that global commerce's "playing field is being leveled" by communications technology. Now tasked with providing digital IDs to 1.2 billion Indians, Nandan Nilekani is trying to finish the job he started in the private sector: bringing a country that never entirely left the 19th century all the way into the 21st.

INTERVIEW BY CHARLES HOMANS | NOVEMBER 2011

Unloved at Any Speed

Instead of conquering India's roads, the much-hyped Tata Nano -- the world's cheapest car -- is struggling to find buyers.

BY SADANAND DHUME | OCTOBER 7, 2011

What Lies Beneath

For years, people whispered about the thousands of disappeared young men in Kashmir. But only now are the bones finally speaking.

BY BASHARAT PEER | SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Asia's New Great Game

China and India are both hungry for Burma's vast natural riches. But will Burma's people pay the price or can this Southeast Asian backwater finally enter the 21st century?

BY THANT MYINT-U | SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Gandhi's Revenge

Is India's middle class finally fed up with its dysfunctional government?

BY SADANAND DHUME | AUGUST 22, 2011

Dear Uncle Sam…

Why do India and Pakistan see America in such opposite ways?

BY PANKAJ MISHRA | SEPT/OCT 2011

The Sweet Smell of Schadenfreude

The world is crowing over America's near-economic meltdown.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | AUGUST 2, 2011

India's Walk of Shame

SlutWalk India was not quite the riotous occasion that it's been in other countries. Too bad, because India's streets could use some equality.

BY SURYA BHATTACHARYA | AUGUST 2, 2011

Greening It Alone

The world is building a low-carbon global economy -- with or without the United States.

BY CHARLES KENNY | AUGUST 1, 2011

Less Is More

Cutting U.S. military aid to Pakistan might be just what the world's most frustrating alliance needs.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 22, 2011

The LWOT: Alleged Ft. Hood shooter arraigned

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 22, 2011

Afghanistan Is Now India's Problem

The United States may soon have the option of washing its hands of Afghanistan. But with an untrustworthy Pakistani military exerting greater influence, India does not.

BY SUMIT GANGULY | JULY 19, 2011

The LWOT: American indicted for terrorist incitement

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 15, 2011

No, Pakistan Is Not Off the Hook

Even if the speculation about this week's Mumbai attacks is true, Islamabad still has some explaining to do.

BY SHASHANK JOSHI | JULY 14, 2011

How India's Voters Can Stop Terrorism

The first step is demanding more from their politicians.

BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | JULY 14, 2011

Dark Summer

Terror hits Mumbai with a series of coordinated bomb attacks in the heart of the city.

JULY 13, 2011

Houston, We Have a Problem

The end of the space shuttle program is a big step back for the United States, and a giant leap forward for everyone else.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 7, 2011

Poor Little Rich Country

How do you categorize India, a nation that is at once fantastically wealthy and desperately poor?

BY PATRICK FRENCH | JUNE 24, 2011

The World's Most Dangerous Borders

Thirteen places you don't want to be stuck at.

BY PHILIP WALKER | JUNE 24, 2011