Every Indian Muslim knows about the pause: the moment when another Indian, usually a Hindu, hears your name, waits a few seconds, and then, with a furrowed brow or a step back, acts surprised and confused that you, too, are Indian. The implication is one ...

Many projections put India within the top three leading economies in the world, after China and the United States. So they see a potential to be recognized as a great power. However, they look around the world and they see that they’re not getting that ...

Today is India’s election day. Well, technically, it’s the day that the official results from India's election are expected to be announced. Voting has been going on for the past six weeks. It apparently takes a long time for 900 million voters to cast ...

THERE IS A case to be made that, to a Westerner, India is the most interesting place on Earth. This writer had that thought decades ago on the banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi, a city that is holy to Hindus. The river is at once a goddess, a laundry ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ghaziabad, India on April 6, 2024. The world’s biggest election will take place next week when 960 million eligible voters from ...

As the concept of a coalition of Global South countries has emerged in recent years, India’s efforts to bolster its own brand as the vanguard of the Global South have accelerated. But India’s response to a new international order reflects an old strategy.

In their book-lined Delhi studies and tree-shaded official residences, the Brahmins of Indian statecraft saw this coming. India has been braced for a messier world for a long time, and sometimes seemed to welcome it. Since Donald Trump was first elected ...

Mashed blood, dried squirrel, spicy fish eggs: A writer from an oppressed Hindu caste publishes a cookbook that he hopes will shatter the notion of a mostly vegetarian India. Four years ago, a pretty famous Indian American, Mindy Kaling, introduced another ...

A Lithuanian woman living in India shared a viral post highlighting cultural values she believes Western countries are losing. She observed exceptional hospitality, a strong sense of community, respect for food,