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Shot in the foot
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/01/2020
» A new citizenship law that the Indian government pushed through the two houses of Parliament early last month continues to cause more trouble than its proponents could ever have imagined.
India and Pakistan fight a common enemy: locusts
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 16/09/2019
» Madho Singh was struck by panic last month when he saw a swarm of locusts on his farm in Barmer district in Rajasthan, about 150 kilometres east of the India-Pakistan border. He immediately alerted a village officer, who put him in touch with the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO).
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.
Citizenship snag
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/02/2019
» Kanwar Lal, Gyan Chand and Akbar Ram Jaipal swear by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Movies go mobile
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 15/10/2018
» There is no cinema in the town where Mohammad Rafiq lives, but that hasn't stopped him from seeing most of the new Hindi screen hits released in the last two months.
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.
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.
Shooting stars
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/02/2016
» Led by a pair of elderly housewives, hundreds of girls in a region of northern India notorious for honour killings and bias against girl children have thrown off their veils and picked up the gun.
'Roti Bank' a lifeline in drought-stricken Indian region
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/01/2016
» A novel way of feeding the hungry and destitute has emerged in a city in Uttar Pradesh state. Mahoba, located 550 kilometres southeast of New Delhi, is at the heart of Bundelkhand, a region in central India that has endured severe droughts, starvation deaths and malnutrition for several years.
Gloom at the inn
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/09/2015
» Anurag Bhardwaj is a man of modest ambitions. The marketing manager of a luxury resort in the National Capital Region, he recently signed a heavily discounted deal with an Indian tractor manufacturer to provide accommodation to staff visiting from its parent company in Italy.