India's Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence In Brutal Gang Rape Case
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: India's Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for four men. The defendants had fatally gang raped a young woman on a bus in the capital...
View ArticleFeminist Films Push Boundaries In India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tabnM-ZwqiY Typically, India's Bollywood film industry depicts older women as maternal and virtuous. Younger ones often are eye candy, propping up male leads. But a...
View ArticleIndia's Tech Firms Face Fundamental Shift From IT To More Advanced Tech
Madeshwaran Subramani is the human face of IT disruption in India. He recalls being recently summoned to the HR office of his employer in southern city of Coimbatore at 11 a.m. By noon, the 29-year-old...
View ArticleTrump And India's Modi Share Similarities, But A Host Of Issues Divides Them
As India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the U.S. over the weekend, President Trump tweeted a warm welcome , calling the Indian leader "a true friend." The two are meeting for the first time...
View ArticleIndians Are Nervous And Confused Over Upcoming Tax Changes
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's go next to India, where the world's largest democracy tomorrow rolls out an overhaul of the tax system, which has a lot of Indians...
View ArticleWill Giving The Ganges Human Rights Protect The Polluted River?
Small cradles of chrysanthemums, illuminated by a single candle, flicker in the moonlight, bobbing along the fast-flowing Ganges River . They are offerings. For hundreds of millions of Hindus around...
View ArticleIn A Remote Himalayan Corner, Tensions Rise Between India And China
Updated at 10:50 a.m. July 11 In a cold, isolated Himalayan plateau where three countries converge, an old rivalry is heating up. New Delhi and Beijing are locked in heated verbal exchanges over what...
View ArticleIndia's New President, Until Now Little-Known, Vows To Represent Less Fortunate
India announced the election of its new president Thursday — but before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party nominated him last month to be head of state, few saw Ram Nath Kovind coming. Kovind...
View ArticleFor India's Oldest Citizens, Independence Day Spurs Memories Of A Painful...
Promila Saigal remembers the men in her family tossing her "like a football" from the rooftop of one family home to the next, in a bid to save her from the frenzy that washed over the Indian...
View ArticleAs India's Climate Changes, Farmers In The North Experiment With New Crops
On a recent weekday, Vamsi Komarala guides me up to the rooftop of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, where he teaches physics. Fields of solar panels adorn the buildings. I...
View ArticleAs A New Gandhi Takes Over, Can India's Opposition Find Its Footing Again?
Rahul Gandhi, the 47-year-old scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi family, takes the helm of the National Congress Party this week, raising questions about the potency of the political opposition in the...
View ArticleA Lifetime Of Planting Trees On A Remote River Island: Meet India's Forest Man
On a journey to the little known Northeast region of India, you may encounter a dizzying array of traditional tribes, rugged beauty and wildlife, including the rare white rhinos. It's here we discover...
View ArticleTea Farmer In India Leads Charge For Organic, Evades The Charge Of Elephants
As you clutch a cuppa for a bit of winter warmth, spare a moment to consider the elaborate process that goes into producing that seemingly simple sip of tea. In the biggest tea-growing region in India,...
View ArticleBhutan's Alcohol-Fueled Archery: It's Nothing Like The Olympics
The host of the Winter Olympics, South Korea, excels in the summer game of archery. They grabbed gold medals in all four categories in Rio. But the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan may be less than...
View ArticleThe Birthplace Of 'Gross National Happiness' Is Growing A Bit Cynical
The road through central Bhutan rises through frost-dusted evergreens reaching a pass where travelers pause to take in the Himalayas majestically stretching across the north. Steep forests descend into...
View ArticleBhutan Faces Challenges As it Sits Between Asia's Biggest Powers
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's turn now to Asia, where there is some hostility between India and China, and that is creating new tensions in the region. NPR's Julie...
View ArticleIndonesian Officials Expect Tsunami's Death Toll To Grow
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Maybe you saw this video - people fleeing as massive waves crashed ashore on Indonesia Friday. Beachfront houses on Sulawesi island were...
View ArticleSurvivors Of Earthquake And Tsunami In Indonesia Are Desperate For Food, Water
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: The situation in Indonesia's disaster-stricken Central Sulawesi province has grown dire. It's been four days since an earthquake and...
View ArticleRecovery Efforts Continue In Indonesia As Many Wait For Aid
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The cries for help are growing in Indonesia where, days after a massive earthquake and tsunami, many are still waiting for aid. When an...
View ArticleLack Of Equipment Has Slowed Recovery Efforts From Earthquake In Indonesia
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Jarrett Krosoczka writes books for kids, and he loves to make them laugh - picture books like "Punk Farm," the action-packed "Lunch Lady"...
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