Recent statements by Indian Prime Minister Modi and Foreign Minister Jaishankar suggest that change could be in the air.

Many years ago in West Bengal, I encountered school-age boys playing Carrom or cricket all day. Curious as to why they weren’t at school or out working, they responded: “We are all employed. We do ...

On a stifling April afternoon in Ajmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, local politician Shakti Singh Rathore sat down in front of a greenscreen to shoot a short video. He looked nervous. It was his ...

When more than two dozen opposition parties in India announced they would band together as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (or INDIA) last June, critics of the ruling Bharatiya ...

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This edition of weekly political economy column outlines five key points that could anchor a thesis on India’s challenges ...

The religious bigotry struck at the heart of India’s secular democratic foundation and the constitutional values.

For nearly a century, Bollywood has held a mirror to Indian society, the plotlines of the world’s most prolific movie industry reflecting the changing tides of a vast, developing nation. India’s ...

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vineeta Gupta hosted 20 Indian American women at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland. Fueled by chana masala, naan and rice pudding, they wrote hundreds of postcards in ...

The Indian national men’s cricket team defeated Pakistan in the finals of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday, in a clash that is usually the sport’s most highly anticipated and commercially lucrative ...

As a high-achieving group with an iron-clad will set on actualizing the American dream, it was only a matter of time before Indian Americans became politically active en masse. There’s Bobby Jindal, ...