Category:India
"Cockroaches" Wont Die
The inside story of the movement that rattled a government.
Ahmer Khan
Ahmer Khan is a two-time Emmy-nominated multimedia journalist from India reporting across South Asia & a recipient of the duPont-Columbia, Edward R. Murrow, Human Rights Press Awards, among others.
Dateline:NEW DELHI, India
Rubio meets Modi as US and India seek to reset strained relationship
Topic:India
Press Freedom. Diplomacy. Hunger. Satire. Heatwave.
South Asia Brief: This week India seals a $40 billion pipeline amid Oslo press freedom row, a cockroach-named parody party shakes India, Pakistan enters the world’s top ten hunger hotspots, and new science reveals hotter South Asian heatwaves.
Category:India
How a ‘Cockroach’ Became India’s New Symbol of Youth Anger
After India's chief justice compared unemployed youth to "cockroaches," a viral satirical movement exploded online, exposing deep economic frustration and sparking mass solidarity.
Topic:Narendra Modi
Press Freedom
Norwegian Journalist Faces Online Backlash After Questioning Modi
Category:South Asia
South Asia Brief
This week, the region saw deadly weather disasters, rising border tensions, growing economic anxiety from the Iran war, and renewed diplomatic activity as India hosted a major BRICS meeting in New Delhi.
Dateline:KOCHI, India
Deadly Storm Kills Over 100 in India’s Most Populous State
Severe thunderstorms are common across northern India during the peak summer months before the arrival of the annual monsoon season.
Category:India
BRICS Foreign Ministers Meet in India
Iran war tests bloc unity
Category:India
Meet the Kerala Factory Behind the Met Gala Carpet
While cameras focused on celebrities at the Met Gala, hundreds of artisans in the southern Indian state were watching something else: the carpet they had made with their own hands.
Category:South Asia
South Asia Brief
Every week we’ll break down the biggest developments across South Asia and why they matter.
Category:India
Four Killed in West Bengal as Modi's BJP Wins State for First Time
Post-election violence leaves several dead, raising concerns over political polarization in India
Category:India
Bengal Falls to Modi
A Victory That Redraws India’s Political Map
Category:India
He Carried His Sister’s Skeleton to the Bank
Category:India
Wars Are Crushing India’s Diamond Capital
As sanctions on Russia and conflict in West Asia choke the world’s diamond supply, the workers of Surat are paying the ultimate price in lost jobs, mounting debt, and a rising tide of suicides.
Category:India
India's Textile Workers Leave Factories As Gas Shortages Bite
Category:India
In the World's Largest Democracy, Millions Were Removed From Voter Rolls
Most Were Muslim