India
‘I’m not a trained diplomat, I’m a recovering politician’: Lunch with Barry O’Farrell
The former premier had never lived overseas. Then he became ambassador to India.
- by Matt Wade
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Lucky 11: Friends share a $4 lottery ticket and a fortune in prize
The 11 Indian workers spend their days collecting household rubbish and building public toilets. They could not afford the ticket individually.
- by Suhasini Raj and Mike Ives
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An economic miracle is shifting the global balance of power
India’s physical infrastructure boom is impressive enough, but its digital infrastructure expansion has been stunning in empowering its marginalised millions.
- by Peter Hartcher
Oppenheimer sex scene enrages Hindu nationalists
A prominent right-wing Hindu organisation said the movie was an attempt to “launch an attack” on Hindu society and demanded a scene be cut.
- by Rozina Sabur
Viral video of sexual assault in India sparks outrage and protest
The video shows two women being paraded naked through a crowd of clothed men who assault them, raising tension in an area already grappling with deadly ethnic clashes.
- by Eve Sampson and Anant Gupta
A rare peek inside a fashion workshop
Saheli Women has been producing ethically made, sustainable garments for international fashion brands since 2015.
- by Nina Karnikowski
Modi cracks jokes at White House as Biden hails new era for US-India ties
Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington included something unusual for the Indian leader: taking questions from journalists.
- by Nandita Bose and Patricia Zengerle
‘To extremes’: Son builds $900,000 Taj Mahal replica in mother’s memory
The two-year construction involved hiring engineers and a local architect to design a building to carefully replicate the Taj Mahal.
- by Samaan Lateef
Fears of flash floods and avalanches as rising temperatures melt Himalayan glaciers
A new report warns that glaciers melting across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges at unprecedented rates could threaten the fresh water supply for nearly 2 billion people.
- by Sibi Arasu
India threatened to shut down Twitter, co-founder Jack Dorsey says
Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey claims India said it would shut down the social network site unless it complied with orders to restrict certain accounts.
- by Kanishka Singh and Shilpa Jamkhandikar
Opinion
World politics
India’s booming and that’s excellent news for Australia
India has reached an inflection point and Australia – through improved bilateral political, strategic and demographic ties – looks set to benefit from its growing economic muscle.
- by Peter Hartcher