NEW DELHI: Their classroom is a flattened patch of dirt and rocks under the elevated rail tracks. Their blackboards are rectangles painted on a chipped concrete wall. Their teacher is a shop owner with no formal
Published 06 May, 2013 06:35am
NEW DELHI: India’s national election is not expected for a year, but the campaign has already begun. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, which has resisted naming a candidate from among its many leaders, began coalescing around a successful, deeply pol
Published 10 Mar, 2013 12:01am
BANGALORE (India): For years, Karnataka’s land records were a quagmire of disputed, forged documents maintained by thousands of tyrannical bureaucrats who demanded bribes to do their jobs. In 2002, hopes emerged that this was about to change
Published 25 Dec, 2012 08:01pm
COLOMBO Western diplomats pushed for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka. The UN expressed grave concern over civilian deaths....
Published 17 May, 2009 12:00am
