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Storybook success
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 15/07/2019
» Prashant Bhilare's family has seen lot of prosperity in the last over two years, and they have books to thank for it.
Eco-warriors
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 01/07/2019
» The "school strike" outside the Swedish parliament in August last year and the emergence of the Extinction Rebellion movement have inspired thousands of eco-warriors across India, who are turning up the heat in their campaign against pollution and environmental degradation.
Trade trouble: GSP loss sours India-US relations
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/06/2019
» When Ajay Thakur heard that India would be losing preferential trade treatment from the United States under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), he took the bad news in stride.
Single and stronger
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 17/06/2019
» Mohini Devi lived her dream last month when she watched her niece Shanti Devi perform all the rituals in the marriage of her son Inder Singh.
Teflon Modi
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/06/2019
» When Rahul Gandhi boasted in a television interview in early April that he had "dismantled the prime minister of India" on corruption, it was confirmation that his electoral strategy would revolve around discrediting Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal.
Modi 2.0
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 27/05/2019
» The economic headlines in April and May, the first two months of the Indian financial year, made depressing reading for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Campaign trail blues
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/05/2019
» Rajesh Agarwal recalls the 1980s with fond nostalgia. Whenever Indians went to the polls back then, business was brisk for the co-owner of Chhagan Lal & Sons, an international promotional merchandise company based in Jaipur.
Farewell to the Jet set
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/04/2019
» Sana Thomas doesn't know how she is going to make her next mortgage payment and take care of her parents.
Smartphone supremacy
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/04/2019
» Up until three years ago, Gaurav Singh Chauhan used to sell 15 or 20 Micromax mobile phones in a day. Now he considers himself lucky if he can sell one unit a month of the Indian-made handsets.
Uttar Pradesh tanneries feeling unwelcome, ready to move
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/02/2019
» Firoz Alam is feeling victimised these days. The owner of a small tannery in Kanpur, he and dozens of others have been forced to close because of concerns that their operations are polluting the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh.