World

The Man Who Remembers

Sajeda Momin

Professor Samuel Martin Burke is the oldest living person to have served the Indian Civil Service. He speaks little, but has a memory to treasure

Yes wwwe Can

Kamla Bhatt

President Obama has embraced technology as a change agent by appointing Aneesh Chopra America’s first ever CTO

Minding the Gap

Sajeda Momin

The London Underground will now have train drivers enlightening passengers with words of wisdom from famous philosophers

Print Your Own Currency

Adam Molner

Local currencies are often seen as a frivolity, but several communities in America are dead serious about their do-gooder potential in a fast globalising world

Through the Yellow Frame

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

The National Geographic Society will display 150 priceless vintage prints from its treasure trove of an archive this September. We bring you a preview

Statue of Debility

Ninad D. Sheth

The trust deficit between India and the US is unmistakable. What is it about America’s South Asia policy that gives the sense India has been downgraded?

Fear and Voting in Afghanistan

Revati Laul

With the Taliban’s shadow looming large in many parts of the country, voter turnout matters more than the outcome of the elections.

Inconvenient Martyr

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

That a headscarf can cost someone her life is disturbing enough. That the world media looked the other way is worse

Anatomy of a City under Attack

Revati Laul

This correspondent does a spot of terror tourism (is there another kind possible?) on a day seven rockets fell in Kabul.

The Maoist Mood

Sudeep Chakravarti

So long as Nepal cannot attain political stability without them, the landlocked country’s Maoists have the strongest hand to play. What might Prachanda’s next move look like?