That Indian smile may be endangered if attempts to change citizenship by stealth continue in a land where the phrase 'unity in diversity' has been a badge of honour
Citizenship: In India, it's still divide et imperā
VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG
"We the people," starts the preamble to the Indian Constitution, a phrase with instant resonance for many. But who exactly are the 'people' as a new Citizenship (Amendment) Bill attempts to refashion citizenship by stealth? more…
Honey, who shrunk the kids?
4 June, 2018 memorial for Tiananmen victims - Photo: Vijay Verghese
VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG
After the tumultuous three-month Occupy, Hong Kong students dramatically scale down horizons and snub global causes. more…
The 21st Century Animal Farm
Is India turning into an Orwellian Animal Farm?
VENKATESAN RAMANI
NEW DELHI
The more things appear to change the less they change. The entrenched role of 'influentials' in India's vote-bank politics. more…
An Aye for an Aye - online click storm
Google office at Mountain View California. Where is it leading us?
VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG
The Internet, led by Google and Facebook, was once a force for good. What happened? The online click-storm affects us all. more…
An elephant in the dragon boat race
The Modi-Xi thaw has focused on trade, and tourism rather than 'irritants'
VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG
As America retreats from the world stage, an India-China partnership could reshape global trade and political alignments. more…
If the money's right
How much do world leaders get paid to shake hands and smile on TV? Quite a bit, it turns out, but not if you're at the helm of the world's most populated country. Trump to donate his entire 2017 earnings? Read more
Fire in the sky
As the heated exchange between Pyongyang and the USA continues, by October, 2017, North Korea had fired a staggering 22 missiles over the year. Read more
Weighty bad loans
Chinese and Indian banks are racking up bad loans despite efforts at regulation. China's Big Four had just under US$112 billion in bad loans - a climb of 4.6% year on year end June 2017. Read more
The siege of the Taj Mahal - whose tears?
The Taj Mahal, an ode to love, is under siege - Photo: Vijay Verghese
SHASHI THAROOR
NEW DELHI
As the BJP redefines India as a Hindu nation long subjugated by foreigners, attacks on the Taj are mounting. more…
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- An Aye for an Aye, the online click storm
- Despite blockade Qatar goes big
- Halal travel worth US$220bn
- Finally, a green light for India
- Brand on the run
- Made in China, the fear factor
- Asian consumers are changing the world
- Microfinance in Asia: greed or goodwill?
- DEVELOPMENT
- How to bridge the wealth gap
- Songdo, a city smarter than you
- Ne Win to win win
- China's rise could undermine freedoms
- One size doesn’t fit all
- Pakistan’s gridlocked travails
- India needs rapid economic gain to alleviate Maoist pain
- ENERGY
- Clearing the air on energy matters
- Fukushima nuclear clouds one year on
- Solar energy: more sunny days ahead?
- Oil rush comes East
- ENVIRONMENT
- Just two degrees
- Saving the Earth
- HEALTH
- Assessing the travel health risks in Asia
- From whence the next outbreak?
- INFORMATION
- Dunkirk and delusions of empire
- Death of a salesman
- Media moguls to slick clickers
- Print vs Web dust-up: Should we pay for online news?
- SECURITY
- Pakistan's lack of identity is key risk
- Super snoops patrol our unfriendly skies
- SHIPPING
- New shipping laws could make for greener seas
- How the Kra Canal can slash shipping time
- SOCIETY
- Turning Indian citizens saffron by stealth
- Give Peace a Chance
- Saudi women drivers get royal nod
- India, a nation of vigilantes
- Why the UK has designs on China
- India lauds tough Lee model but...
- Faith and fists can move mountains
- Football in the sands: a force for change?
- Voices from the Underground
- Women: Afghanistan’s forgotten second war
- TRAVEL
- Marriott's takeover of Starwood
- Airline safety records
- Myanmar poll impact on travel and tourism
- Online travel agents and airlines clash as carriers go direct
- TRENDS
- China sets record for Asian art auctions
- Borderless world in CinemaScope
- One man’s meat is another’s poisson
- POLITICS
- HK students snub global causes
- Modi-Xi Wuhan reset focuses on trade
- The 21st Century Animal Farm
- Need for Indian judicial reform
- The siege of the Taj Mahal
- Politics of hate and the end of Liberalism
- The inglorious rape of India
- Can Carrie Lam reinvent Hong Kong?
- Nepal's progressive
new Constitution - Tough Rohingya
Rubik's Cube - Rule Brittania and the rape of India
- Localists place HK in Beijing crosshairs
- Sword of the brother enemy - after Uri
- BJP dominant as Congress retreats
- Myanmar lacks clear policies, direction
- Do Modi's foreign tours have substance?
- HK a house divided
- War and peace in Asia
- Mind or muscle in HK's electoral battle?
- Why Britain must pay reparations to India
- Modi motorcade lands in trouble
- Caste and religion take a back seat - AAP win
- Why HK needs good table manners
- Pride not prejudice in Hong Kong stand
- Now you see it, now you don’t
- Jinnah to Osama the search for a soul
- Narendra Modi quells fears of saffron domination
- Aam Aadmi: an uncommon party for the common man
- Nepal's red skies turn blue
- Lessons of ’88 – from Ne Win to win-win
- Nepal: a growing mountain of woes
- India-China war: 50 Years After 1962
- Hong Kong yields to "Western" influence
- A glacial impasse
- Hong Kong: Wolf in CEO’s clothing?
- See the shiny new CEO
- Burma spring signals change
- A Benevolent Big Brother brand
- Politics, parochialism and power in India
- Fast work – Anna’s true Balance Sheet
- Hong Kong freedoms: Now the kowtowing gets serious
- Why the Kashmir story needs retelling
- HK democracy push led by young, Internet-savvy generation
- India caste woes: time to talk about the elephant in the room
- BLATHER
- MeToo, a tale of three women
- Say farewell to
laptops inflight - Samsonite in a snit
- Smoke gets in your eyes
- Hitch your wagon to a star
- Dance through any emergency
- Why do good hotels serve bad scrambled eggs?
- Stay fit or fake it
- A fright for sore eyes
- Gorilla case: are your bags tough enough?
- Once in a babymoon and daft buzzwords
- VOICES
- Kim-Trump summit prospects
- One flag many bumps
- Tackling Asian malnutrition
- Dealing with North Korean nukes
- Outcry over Rohingya 'genocide' inaction
- Muslim ban blasted
- Peres peace a pipe dream?
- Once bitten, twice shy - Zika
- Spat over Spratlys
- PM Lee, end of an era
- Barracking Barack - Bibi's bet
- Clean air and nukes in pivotal US shift
- What IS the world to do with ISIS?
- Where have all the flowers gone?
- Why MH370 matters
- Thailand on the brink
- Voters winners in Pakistan poll
- Calling the shots in North Korea
- An Apple a day brings lawsuits your way
- Egypt’s election sparks jubilation and fears
- Maldives: cold deeds in sunny places
- North Korea options
- Libya introspection
- A post-Bin Laden world
- Khamsin in the desert
- Japan's AWOL atoms
- Darkness in Pakistan
- Syria crackdown
- BY THE NUMBERS
- Fire in the sky
- Weighty bad loans
- If the money's right
- Guns and oil in the China Sea
- Virulent viruses sweep Asia
- What's that glow?
- Green cars at red light
- Spoiling for a fight
- The greening of Asia
- Of mite and muscle
- Do pilots have cash to flash?
- Asia’s casino gamble
- Smartphones on speed dial
- Asia up in arms
- A global high
- Greenbacks for green
- Math by numbers
- Nuclear safety risks
- Just don’t breathe
- Presidential salaries
- Thailand after deluge
- Commuter pain index
- Soaring suicide rates
- Asian corruption index
- Cyber crooks playtime
- Asia arms race
- Hotels go green
- Battling inflation
- Rare earths fears
- Travel will triumph
- Waste not want not
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