India

Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge? Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge?

The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple.
  • The minister of Twitter

    India's Shashi Tharoor shows juvenile American politicians how micro-blogging should be done.
  • Need some balm for the soul

    Dad died, lover left me, unemployed, things are tough, could use a lift.
  • Will the real "slumdog millionaire" please stand up?

    He was the only man to win the grand prize on India's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" And though he wasn't a slumdog, he has now devoted his life to helping impoverished children.
  • Thrill ride through a "maximum city"

    Danny Boyle talks about shooting his Dickensian quiz-show saga "Slumdog Millionaire" on the streets of Mumbai (a podcast and interview).
  • Archie's passage to India

    Yes, that Archie, the goof who is finally (gasp!) proposing to Veronica. The last gasp of cultural imperialism?
  • India's all-important Obama endorsement

    A financial newspaper backs the Democrat, from 11000 kilometers away
  • "Sea of Poppies"

    "Sea of Poppies," set in Calcutta, is a swashbuckling saga full of sadists, weaklings and tyrants -- and, thankfully, there are two more volumes to come.
  • Have curry spices, will travel

    Aficionados of Indian cuisine in the United Kingdom can relax -- the government is heeding the belly growls of the people
  • A condom ringtone to die for

    It was the best of all prophylactic public service campaigns. It was the worst of all prophylactic public service campaigns
  • Indie film's new, globalized realism

    Do low-budget American films like "The Pool" (made in Hindi) and "August Evening" (made in Spanish) signal a new wave of cultural exploration, or just hipster tourism?
  • Indian superheroes take a fall

    The latest victim of the global economic slump: "Devi/Witchblade" and "Ramayan 3392 Reloaded"
  • Empowerment, not emasculation

    If India could survive Alexander, it can survive Disney. The foreign adventures of "High School Musical," continued
  • High School Bollywood Musical

    After marketing the gold-minting franchise in India, Disney brings it all back home.
  • The fall of Bush's man in Pakistan

    Despite Pervez Musharraf's despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end.
  • Asian athletes kick butt

    Sports are coming on strong in a region that has traditionally favored scholarship. Example: Thailand's prodigious women weightlifters.
  • Looking for the perfect stranger

    How a single, successful New York writer ended up pursuing an arranged marriage in India.
  • Journalist seeking paycheck? Try India

    As U.S. newsrooms shrivel, India's are booming. And they're hiring, not firing reporters and editors.
  • The subcontinental salsa king

    Hindi pop songs plus South American rhythm plus an Intel electrical engineer equals magic
  • Empires on the rise

    China and India battle for a London-based energy company pumping oil in Siberia and Kazakhstan. That's globalization, folks.
  • From clearing crap to modeling fashion

    Former Indian sanitation workers hit a New York runway.
  • So you think you can dance, Bollywood?

    Reality TV meets "Om Shanti Om" meets a fun time for the whole family
  • Rich country, poor country, hot planet

    Europe's head start on fighting climate change might offer some useful hints for the masters of the global economy currently meeting in Japan.
  • Obama's Indian electoral strategy

    His campaign mentions the passing of a revered Indian general. McCain's doesn't. How's that going to play in the swing states?
  • Why Indian farmers lust after genetically modified eggplant

    When you're going broke spraying pesticides that don't work, built-in resistance to nasty bugs starts looking mighty attractive.
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