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The global order is always evolving, and in that sense, change could well be seen as a constant factor. But that ongoing evolution has now been given a sharper edge by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, developments in Afghanistan, the Ukraine conflict and greater friction among key powers...

Can a song trigger a murder? Can a poem spark a riot? Can a book divide a people? Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India's dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quietly seizing the imagination of millions, on the internet and off it. From catchy songs with...

In this ground-breaking vision document, first published in 1998, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Y.S. Rajan offer a blueprint for India to be counted among the world’s top five economic powers by the year 2020. They cite growth rates and development trends to show that the goal is not unrealistic...

What are the key factors that win or lose elections in India? What does, or does not, make India's democracy tick? Is this the end of anti-incumbency? Are opinion polls and exit polls reliable? How pervasive is the 'fear factor'? Does the Indian woman's vote matter? Does the selection of...

Is India ready to emerge as a world leader? Our times are characterized not by estranged Superpowers building formidable arsenals but by engaged societies building a robust global economy. Emerging countries are redefining the geo-economic (and geopolitical) dynamic. The twenty-first century...

In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's, and by extension the world's, greatest moral challenge: lifting a great number of extremely poor people out of poverty? Bhagwati and Panagariya argue forcefully that only one strategy will help the poor to any significant effect: economic growth, led by markets overseen and encouraged by liberal state policies.

"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding." —The Economist The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists Hailed by...

Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing—and disturbing—portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia, one depicted here with a novelist's precise language and eye for detail.

A successful right-wing campaign in India to suppress the work of Wendi Doniger, a prominent scholar of Hinduism, suggests that conservative voices are gaining the upper hand in the country’s long struggle between secular liberalism and religious nationalism.

Et stærkt og inspirerende portræt af Lisbeth Johansens rejse fra livet som karrierekvinde i London til Kolkatas slum. I 2009 grundlægger hun organisationen LittleBigHelp, som i dag har 70 ansatte og årligt hjælper hundredevis af børn og kvinder i slummen. At opbygge en organisation i Indien er hårdt arbejde, og Lisbeth fortæller ærligt om de mange problemer, nedture og ubehagelige oplevelser, der er en del af historien.

"India Enacts Sweeping Tax Overhaul" is from the August 03, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ellen Barry and Hari Kumar and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"India Changing Its Decades-Old Reliance on Female Sterilization" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ellen Barry and Celia W. Dugger and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"India's Leader Ready to Bolster Ties with U.S., Thanks Partly to Trump" is from the June 07, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Gardiner Harris and Coral Davenport and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"India Hobbles Through a Cash Crisis, and Electronic Payments Boom" is from the December 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Geeta Anand and Hari Kumar and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"India Holds Suspect in Killing of Man Who Fought Mystics" is from the June 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ellen Barry and narrated by Paul Ryden.

Betsy Broder, who tracks international fraud at the Federal Trade Commission, was in her office in Washington last summer when she got a call from two Indian teenagers.

"India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans" is from the January 03, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ellen Barry and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"India Says It Wants One of the Crown Jewels Back from Britain" is from the April 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Nida Najar and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Death Leaves Power Vacuum in India" is from the December 5, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ellen Barry and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"All It Takes Is a Few Taps on Your Phone to Hail a Tractor in India" is from the October 17, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ayesha Venkataraman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Curfew Imposed after Deadly Clashes in Northern India" is from the April 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Hari Kumar and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.