South Asia

Conventional wisdom holds that New Delhi will turn to Washington as it increases competition with Beijing. But Moscow’s importance cannot be ignored.

New Delhi is invoking the pandemic to accelerate its suppression of the press.

Putin is replicating his success in Syria in a new theater of conflict—and part of his plan is to hurt American interests once again.

With Afghanistan again facing a political crisis, Mohammed Najibullah’s tarnished memory is being rehabilitated by some. But the crimes of the last Soviet-supported president, who was killed by the Taliban, are hardly forgotten.

Megha Majumdar’s bestselling novel “A Burning” begins with a train in flames. But what really gets torched is the Indian Dream.

Narendra Modi came to power promising to prioritize relations with countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. China is taking advantage of his failure to do so.

Nationalist media and pandemic fears have caused hatred to go viral.

Prolonged lockdowns will exacerbate food and income insecurity during the agricultural lean season.

There are no protests to mark the systematic mistreatment of the country’s poor, lower-caste communities or other minority groups.

Three decades ago, the two countries reached an understanding not to fight. But Beijing is now a much stronger power.

As the pandemic threatens livelihoods, the country’s poor are relying almost exclusively on the charity of fellow citizens.