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‘Uterus politics’: Who wants the world’s most populous country to have even more babies? FEATURE
The leaders of two southern Indian states have called on people to have more children – warning that population control will hurt states economically and politically
Nov 5, 2024 13:59
‘We want our rights back’: Has democracy finally returned to this long-suffering Indian region? FEATURE
After polls were held in Kashmir for the first time in a decade, the scion of the valley’s oldest party takes the reins under scrutiny from New Delhi
Oct 16, 2024 14:37
Russian Renaissance: In this country even private colleges are teaching the language of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky FEATURE
Russian language studies became popular among Indians in the 1960s but waned with the fall of the USSR. Today, interest has rebounded.
Oct 4, 2024 15:22
The yogic bodybuilder: Rediscovering a Kolkata guru whose physical feats dazzled in a pre-steroid era FEATURE
Inundated by smarmy yoga masters, the West is rediscovering a 1930s teacher from Kolkata who combined bodybuilding with yoga asanas to achieve what is now being done with the help of chemicals
Sep 16, 2024 07:18
Flight club: Why Indians overseas are so desperate to travel home to vote FEATURE
Non-Resident Indians, citizens worldwide who have been mobilized by the prime minister in foreign visits during his tenure, are flying back home to make a difference in closely fought elections
May 17, 2024 11:36
The bloodline: How political dynasties are threatening the world’s largest democracy FEATURE
In India, the succession of elected officials allows families to run local economies, bringing wealth to the elite and power to the wealthy
May 4, 2024 07:51
Old man behind the wheel: The life and death of the USSR’s last gerontocrat FEATURE
Forty years ago, on February 13, 1984, Konstantin Chernenko became General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee
Feb 13, 2024 19:49
Is a new conflict brewing near Ukraine? How a clampdown on anti-NATO opposition figures has raised tensions FEATURE
Authorities in Moldova have tried to cancel election results in the Gagauz Autonomous zone and are repressing the opposition
Jun 12, 2023 18:54
Faced with a new wave of Covid, China is opening its borders – was Beijing left with no other choice? FEATURE
China began to lift restrictions after mass protests, but they were not the main reason for the concessions
Jan 7, 2023 14:32
Lenin's Yugoslavia: How a plan to create a 'Soviet Switzerland' was shot down by Stalin and other locals FEATURE
Why the Transcaucasian SFSR created 100 years ago was not a viable state, and how Moscow influenced it
Dec 26, 2022 12:00