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Clean transformation: Indian city winning war on waste
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/02/2020
» Fruit seller Neeraj Karat is proud of his city. This was not the case just four years ago, when a large heap of garbage was part of the landscape just a few hundred metres from his stall in Jabalpur.
Ramayana weaves a trail across South and Southeast Asia
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 10/02/2020
» When Bala Venketeswara Rao Sankuratri, a researcher from Sri Lanka, proposed that about a dozen countries join together to issue a "Ramayana visa" for travellers, he found instant support in a hall packed with devotees of the Sanskrit epic and its regional variants.
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.
Kashmir calculation
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/03/2019
» Air strikes by India on alleged terror bases in Pakistan last month may not have hit their targets as claimed, but they have added to the pressure that was already mounting on Islamabad to deal decisively on militants operating from its soil.
Congress comeback
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/03/2019
» Rangnath Tiwari says he is seriously considering switching his vote back to the Congress party during India's general elections in May.
Can Modi repeat?
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/09/2018
» A day is a long time in politics, so they say. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in power for four years and four months, and his day of reckoning with the voters is still seven months away.
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.
Virtual war
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 26/03/2018
» The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are the massed forces of the Indian government, represented by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), tax authorities and other state agencies, along with public and private-sector banks. On the other side are the proponents of an ever-expanding number of decentralised, stateless virtual currencies.