South Asia

Dhaka has shown real vision in its fiscal planning, but a turn toward authoritarianism could reverse its successes.

Human rights activists are withstanding an assault on the values of liberal democracy.

The bestselling book “Caste” brilliantly frames racial hierarchies in the United States but largely ignores the horrors of India’s caste structure.

The media often underplays the fact that Biden’s vice presidential pick has an Indian mother. Her heritage could play a crucial role in U.S. foreign policy.

While much of India opened up to the world after the country’s 1991 reforms, Kashmir instead became the world’s most militarized zone. A generation of young people have suffered.