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Hindu nationalism on campus touches political nerve
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/09/2019
» The introduction of an undergraduate course on the history of Hindu nationalism at a government university has led to accusations against the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of promoting a divisive ideology.
Indian states sweeten offers to cure rural doctor shortage
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/03/2019
» Dr Kapil Annaldewar walked away from his government job last October, 18 months before the end of his mandatory five-year term.
Right-to-die debate
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/01/2019
» Anamika Mishra has been waiting for death for over a decade, saying her health is beyond redemption.
Indian 'ghost schools' expose failures of state system
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/05/2018
» Perched on a hill and painted snow white, the government primary school in Shuklapur, a small hamlet on the outskirts of Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state, looks majestic.
Lower castes growing more assertive in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 07/05/2018
» Sanjay Jatav believes he has won an important battle in the long war against caste-based discrimination in India.
Nowhere people
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 16/10/2017
» Noor Fatima would prefer jumping into the Yamuna River to being deported to her village in Rakhine province of Myanmar.
The parent trap
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/07/2016
» Lalchand Rankor has fear and apprehension writ large on his face. Sitting on an iron cot in his two-storey house built on a 20-square-metre lot, he answers a visitor's questions in monosyllables or murmurs.
Caste cauldron
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/02/2016
» The Narendra Modi government is in a quandary over how to respond to the demands of the Jats, a Hindu caste numbering 80 million in nine states in northern and northwestern India, following more than a week of deadly riots.