The extreme weather events afflicting the subcontinent, made more likely by climate change, show the need to wind down oil, gas and coal use as soon as possible, argue Basav Sen and Tejal Mankad from the People vs. Fossil Fuels coalition.
Indians know they can’t rely on elites to save them from catastrophe. That’s exactly what could make a climate movement there so powerful.
India’s economic and energy production model is not a threat to the world, but it is a threat to India itself, particularly its most marginalized people.
Western observers want to blame India for the failure of the UN climate talks. Not so fast.
The fact that India is well on its way to full-fledged authoritarianism hasn’t factored into the Biden administration’s approach to the “world’s largest democracy.”
As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.
India is tilting toward fascism with U.S. backing. That’s not just dangerous for Indians — Americans should beware, too.
The Modi government’s far-right bigotry is well-known, but its equally disturbing environmental record isn’t.
According to a new study, peaceful countries are getting more peaceful while the violent are getting more violent.
It’s about propping up “besieged majorities” in multiethnic countries.
The British government’s offer to pay reparations to colonial-era torture victims in Kenya dispels the notion that British colonialism was any better than the rest.
Theoretically Pakistan is poised to respond to Indian military retaliation for a terrorist strike with tactical nukes.
Washington sanctions North Korea and Iran while bolstering its own nuclear arsenal and turning a blind eye to Israel’s.
Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is one of many reminders that the modern economy has not transcended the realities of undercompensated manual toil.
The coverage of the Damini case has sparked a lively debate about how the Western media portrays rape culture abroad.