

Vacancies are hurting important institutions in India.

India needs to industrialize, but can it do so at the expense of its food security?

The implications of the Pakistani refusal to help Saudi Arabia in Yemen should not be underestimated.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s upcoming visit to India will not resemble those of his predecessor. In contrast to Hamid Karzai, the new Afghan president does not seem to have the image of a great friend of India.

The Supreme Court has made an important point about positive discrimination in India.

The Sangh Parivar has traditionally been hostile to caste-based reservations, but the BJP has been less categorically hostile to quota politics because it could not risk alienating voters who valued reservations.

Instead of weakening the army and dissuading it from fighting, the attack on the Peshawar military school has reinforced the military’s position in Pakistan and its determination to take on at least some militants.

The socio-economic situation of India’s largest minority translates differently in different cities, because the standard of living is not the only variable to consider when trying to explain the urban geography of a community.

The BJP has a majority in the Lok Sabha, which could enable it to revisit the subject of outlawing conversion in the context of an increasingly adverse attitude towards Christianity.

A relaunch of U.S.-India relations may affect the U.S.-Pakistan equation.