India and Sri Lanka

In Hosting Modi, Biden Pushes Democracy Concerns to the Background – New York Times

June 21, 2023 / India and Sri Lanka

The president who declared “the battle between democracy and autocracy” to be the defining struggle of his time has concluded that he needs to accept some imperfect but important friends. By Peter Baker and Mujib Mashal Peter Baker reported from Washington, and Mujib Mashal from New Delhi. June 21, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET “President Biden has declared “the battle …

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They Married for a Life Abroad. But They Never Saw Their Husbands Again.

June 13, 2023 / India and Sri Lanka

Thousands of Indian women have been abandoned by men working overseas, leaving them trapped in their in-laws’ homes and often defrauded of dowry money. By Sameer Yasir Reporting from Gurdaspur, Ludhiana and Mohali in the Indian state of Punjab June 13, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET “Like many other women in the state of Punjab, long a hub …

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India’s Love Story With a Movie Still on the Big Screen After 27 Years

January 19, 2023 / David Lindsay, India and Sri Lanka, Movies and Performing Arts

‘D.D.L.J.,’ which a Mumbai theater has shown nearly every day since 1995, encapsulates a society in churn, with the choices afforded by economic opportunity clashing with tradition. By Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj Photographs by Atul Loke Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj spent time at the Maratha Mandir cinema over two trips to Mumbai reporting this story. Atul Loke …

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Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World

January 2, 2023 / David Lindsay, India and Sri Lanka, Population Growth, The Sixth Extinction of Species

The invasion of Ukraine, compounding the effects of the pandemic, has contributed to the ascent of a giant that defies easy alignment. It could be the decisive force in a changing global system. By Roger Cohen Photographs by Mauricio Lima Roger Cohen, the Paris bureau chief, and Mauricio Lima spent almost two weeks in India, traveling between …

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Clean Toilets, Inspired Teachers: How India’s Capital Is Fixing Its Schools

August 16, 2022 / Education, India and Sri Lanka

The Aam Aadmi Party, which rose to power in New Delhi, is overhauling an education system that serves as a lifeline for millions of families looking to break the cycle of poverty. By Karan Deep Singh Aug. 16, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET “NEW DELHI — Pradeep Paswan used to skip school for weeks, sometimes months. His classrooms …

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Sri Lanka Collapsed First, but It Won’t Be the Last

August 15, 2022 / Business and Finance, India and Sri Lanka

Aug. 15, 2022 By Indrajit Samarajiva Mr. Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer who publishes at his blog Indi.ca. “As a Sri Lankan, watching international news coverage of my country’s economic and political implosion is like showing up at your own funeral, with everybody speculating on how you died. The Western media accuse China of luring us into a …

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Thousands Flee Myanmar for India Amid Fears of a Growing Refugee Crisis

October 19, 2021 / Bullies and Scoundrels, India and Sri Lanka, Myanmar

For decades, armed conflict, political repression and targeted campaigns against minorities have forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave the country. Now many more are expected to follow. By Sui-Lee Wee Oct. 19, 2021Updated 10:31 a.m. ET Terrified farmers and families with children in Myanmar are fleeing into India as the military junta that seized power …

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I Know What It Takes to Defeat Narendra Modi

May 6, 2021 / India and Sri Lanka, Politics and Economics

By Mahua Moitra May 5, 2021 Ms. Moitra is a member of the Indian Parliament from the All India Trinamool Congress, which last week defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in state elections in West Bengal. “. . . . The Bengal experience has demonstrated that the B.J.P. is not invincible, that all Indians …

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Amazon India scraps single-use plastic in packaging across centers

April 5, 2021 / Business and Finance, Environment, India and Sri Lanka

By Reuters Staff “BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Indian unit of Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across fulfillment centers in the country, in line with its target to weed out the packaging material by June, the e-commerce giant said on Monday. The company said in addition to replacing packaging materials such as bubble …

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Glacier Bursts in India, Leaving 150 Missing in Floods

February 8, 2021 / Climate Change, India and Sri Lanka

By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar Feb. 7, 2021 NEW DELHI — The Indian authorities were scrambling to evacuate villages and save lives on Sunday after a Himalayan glacier broke and caused sudden, massive flooding in the northern state of Uttarakhand. Vivek Kumar Pandey, a spokesman for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, said three bodies had been recovered and …

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