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Migrant workers finally getting respect in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/06/2020
» The images of millions of Indians walking, cycling or packed into the backs of trucks, concrete mixers or goods train coaches headed back to their home towns are still fresh in everyone's memories.
Female-friendly travel
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 27/01/2020
» Ask blogger Chittra M about the kinds of difficulties she faces while travelling alone around India and she will tell you about an experience she had in Nagpur in 2018.
Plans take shape for Hindu mega-temple in Ayodhya
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 23/12/2019
» Emboldened by a Supreme Court decision that came down on the side of Hindus, the Indian government is pressing ahead with plans for a major temple complex and tourist attraction at a long-disputed site in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state.
'Privatisation' debate swirls around Indian Railways
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/11/2019
» Indian Railways, the seventh largest employer in the world, is starting to get the private sector more involved in its operations. But don't call it privatisation, says the country's railways minister.
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.
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).
'Modicare' to the rescue
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/06/2018
» Sunita Devi, 45, has been losing hope for her niece, 13-year-old Soni Kumari. The housewife from Bihar state has been camped on the pavement outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India's premier healthcare institute in New Delhi, since May 16.
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.
Bloom and doom
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 02/04/2018
» When the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The earth laughs in flowers", he didn't have the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in mind. But the premature blooming of rhododendrons in parts of the Indian Himalayan region is putting frowns on the faces of scientists, who believe it could be linked to climate change.
One India, one election
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/02/2018
» After introducing a single nationwide Goods and Services Tax in India, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now floating the idea of a single election day for the entire country.