US

Breaking New Ground

Harsh V. Pant

Modi seems to be re-defining the terms on which India is likely to engage with the world in the coming years

MAKE IT IN AMERICA

Narendra Modi’s American whirlwind was a 100- hour-long non-stop performance starring Asia’s most popular politician selling his idea of India and his own legend to an enchanted audience...

The Making of an Oriental Cult

S Prasannarajan

Modi’s ongoing conversation with the world provides the first draft of an Indian leader’s vision for himself as the new wise man of the Orient

Can I Lie on My Passport Form Too?

Madhavankutty Pillai

Devyani Khobragade was arrested in the US for lying on her visa application form; maybe that’s a privilege all Indians should claim

Peace Prospects and Energy Security

Shailendra Tyagi

The US-Iran deal may open the way at last for the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline

The Interpolator

Devika Bakshi

In his new book, Husain Haqqani attempts to bridge the gap of understanding between the US and Pakistan

What Middle East Volatility Might Mean

Shailendra Tyagi

The US is about to impose new sanctions on Iran, which could mean oil anxiety is back

Who’s That Girl?

Nikhil Taneja

American TV’s ‘new girl’ is half-Indian, proud of it, and strives to make herself ethnically ambiguous

The American Autumn

Shougat Dasgupta

The wave of protests in American cities has been variously panned as leaderless, rudderless, purposeless... but perhaps America is rediscovering the messy nature of democracy

The American with a Marathi Aai

Amanda

She had heard chilling tales of the Indian monster-in-law even in the US. So she practised her Marathi diligently when it was time to meet hers. They got laughing in the first three minutes, and they still are, says Amanda