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Modi’s party has struggled to generate jobs for young people, but is highly adept at marshalling votes to win elections.
A Thai foreign worker tends to an agriculture field in Beersheba, Israel.
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The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
Malaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023.
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Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
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India needs to follow a path akin to China’s to find answers to its job woes.
This famous scene from the Bhagavad Gita, featuring the god Krishna with his cousin, Prince Arjuna, on a chariot heading into war.
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A scholar of South Asian religions explains how one lesson from the text, ‘nishkama karma’ – or acting without desire – may be useful for navigating the contemporary workplace.
The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains look peaceful today - but 3.5 billion years ago the earth there was roiled by volcanoes.
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Cratons are pieces of ancient continents that formed billions of years ago.
Sri Lankan protesters invade the prime minister’s residence in Colombo, July 13 2022.
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After months of indefinite postponement, presidential and parliamentary elections will finally be held over the next two years.
Abu Dhabi is turning itself into one of the world’s leading tech hubs.
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The eastward shift in the Global Entrepreurship Monitor rankings over the past five years has been striking.
An image of a reclining Lord Vishnu with the alvar poets arrayed below him.
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In Hindu devotional poetry, love directed toward Vishnu can take many forms, including service, maternal adoration and the intense intimacy of lovers.
Director Ava DuVernay filming in India.
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I come from a Dalit background and I research Dalit representation in film. So I know first hand Origin’s importance to Dalit people.
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A closer look at the study suggests something else might explain the high figure.
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Incentives have so far benefited large landowners and created lifeless plantations.
Border conflicts, spanning different time periods and places, are behind many of the big international disputes today.
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Religious, racial and class-based differences often get politicized.
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Tourists can do a number of things to avoid dangerous encounters with monkeys.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center left, performs rituals during the opening of the temple dedicated to Lord Ram in Ayodhya, India, on Jan. 22, 2024.
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A scholar of Hinduism explains the importance of the consecration ritual, which is believed to bring the presence of the divine into the temple.
Visa problems: England spin bowler, Shoaib Bashir.
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India changed its visa rules after the 2008 Mumbai massacre to make it more difficult for Pakistanis to visit.
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Garment workers around the world experience unacceptable forms of exploitation.
Taapsee Pannu and Shah Rukh Khan take the donkey route.
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Shah Rukh Khan’s new film sheds light on the history of UK migration policy.
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Modi is running for his third consecutive term of office, but many believe he plans to remain in power indefinitely.
The Ram temple, still under construction in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
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The Ram temple, built on the site of a destroyed mosque, could be used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to mobilise his Hindu nationalist supporters ahead of the elections.