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Free behind bars
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 13/07/2020
» Business has been booming for Karulal Nagar. A manufacturer of drawstrings used in kurtis (short shirts that women wear in India), he's been earning a profit of 3,000 rupees (US$40) a day, far more than the 6,000 rupees a month that he earned in the not-so-distant past.
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.
Borders within borders
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 25/05/2020
» Sandeep Singh has been stuck in his sister's house in outer Delhi for weeks. The resident of a village in Haryana state just across the border from the Indian capital, he has not dared to visit his family there since April 28 when the Haryana government sealed its borders with Delhi and banned interstate travel.
Travel turmoil
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 18/05/2020
» Famous for its resilience in the face of several crises in the past, the travel and tourism industry is now facing the toughest test it has ever encountered in the Covid-19 outbreak.
Rice bowl threatened
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 11/05/2020
» Punjab and Haryana are at risk of losing their status as India's rice bowl as authorities try to persuade farmers to switch to cotton and maize.
Lives vs livelihood debated during Indian lockdown
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 27/04/2020
» Birendra Chahal is like a person who is all dressed up but has nowhere to go. The owner of a garment export factory in Greater Noida, 40km east of New Delhi, he was all ready to restart operations on April 20, but local authorities had other plans.
Indian health workers under siege
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 13/04/2020
» Dr Rameshwar Jha and his colleagues working at the government hospital in Motihari in Bihar state are extremely stressed. For over two weeks, they have been tending to an increasing number of suspected coronavirus sufferers in the emergency room, without personal protective equipment (PPE).
Migration mess
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/04/2020
» When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown on March 24, it was aimed at ensuring social distancing and giving authorities time to ramp up facilities including testing kits, hospital beds and ventilators in the fight against the new coronavirus.
Marriage by the book
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 30/03/2020
» When Kinnari Ba remarked during a motivational lecture she gave last July that she would prefer her father gifting books equal to her weight in dowry, instead of gold and silver, it was a spur-of-the-moment pronouncement.
Funny business
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 16/03/2020
» Navin Prabhakar became a household name in 2005 when he appeared on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge on television. Today he is among the standup comedians making a good living by making corporate executives and employees laugh.