In 1972, the Indian state of Maharashtra was stricken with a drought that decimated crop yields and put 25 million Indians at risk of starvation. After years of plentiful rainfall and experimentation...
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Kashmir is no longer a suzerain state. It is now directly under the Indian President’s Union Territory. This isn’t the end, Kashmir has been re-fragmented and the Ladakh region is divided into a...
Kalpana Chawla was born into a culture that didn’t necessarily share the big plans she had for herself. Born in Karnal, India in 1961, the youngest of four, a future as wife and mother was expected...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Frank Petrisano's intriguing travelogue about Christiania, an intentional community deep in the heart...
India in festival season is always riotous, but it’s a carefree sort of riotousness — firecrackers in the streets, people dancing in their best clothes, street parades, giant effigies of...
The anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots that engulfed Delhi and many other cities in India after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards fell a few months...
You didn't think we'd forgotten recommended reading for the week, did you? Trust us, in a week this action-packed, there's a lot to talk about. As always, please drop your favourites in the comments,...
It feels like it was March just yesterday, but September is upon us. The Olympics are over, the Paralympics are about to begin, the G20 has wrapped up, Britain is struggling with Brexit, and much,...
Happy April from Global Comment! We're reading all sorts of things this week as we delve into politics and culture around the globe. Here's a taste of what we've been up to...add your own...
