A word with Anjan Sundaram

The author and reporter talks to Graeme Green about self-expression, dictatorship and the importance of a free press.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
In search of lost soldiers

In search of lost soldiers

Families of missing POWs are still waiting for answers after 44 years, says Jas Uppal.

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NI 488 - 10 economic myths - December, 2015
Illustration: Jackie Morris

Cry me a river

A poetic and heartfelt plea to restore a wounded planet. By Suprabha Seshan.

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NI 488 - 10 economic myths - December, 2015

Under-mining Vedanta

A day of global protest marked mining giant Vedanta's annual general meeting. Samarendra Das and Miriam Rose report.

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NI 486 - The transgender revolution - October, 2015
Photo: Tarun Bharat Sangh Office

Making waves: Rajendra Singh

Rajendra Singh is reviving Indian villages through traditional rainwater harvesting.

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NI 485 - Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution - September, 2015
Nicky J. Sims

And finally... Farrukh Dhondy

Subi Shah talks to writer and activist Farrukh Dhondy about his time in the Black Panther Movement, multicultural TV and washing his own clothes.

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NI 483 - Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion - June, 2015
Youth against fundamentalism: members of the All India Students’ Association rally against rightwing Hindu groups in Kolkata. ‘Love Azadi’ (freedom to love) counters a pronouncement by the Hindu Mahasabha organization that it would force couples to get married if they were seen together in the open – considered an indecent expression of love.AP Photo/Bikas Das

Captive to their own myths

The upsurge of Hindu nationalism in India, by Urvashi Butalia.

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NI 483 - Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion - June, 2015
Arvind Kejriwal.Photo: Tsering Topgyal/AP/Press Association Images

Introducing... Arvind Kejriwal

Richard Swift on what you need to know about the Delhi State election winner.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
Sarvaja’s husband was shot in 1996. She still does not know who killed him.Sofi Lundin

In the land of widows

For the women left behind in Kashmir's border villages, life has its own challenges, as Sofi Lundin discovers.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
Narendra ModiChanni Anand / Press Association Images

Worldbeater... Narendra Modi

The self-aggrandizing Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

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NI 480 - The great green energy grab - March, 2015
Pujarini Sen works for Greenpeace India, which helped to set up a community renewables project in Dharnai, India.

Power to the people?

Community micro-grids, government-controlled energy, or both? Three experts thrash out the options.

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NI 480 - The great green energy grab - March, 2015
Elusive justice after Bhopal

Elusive justice after Bhopal

Thirty years after the disaster, the campaign for justice continues.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014

TV's transgender trendsetter

Padmini Prakash makes history in India.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
An anti-nuclear demonstration under way in Mumbai. The government considers such movements ‘anti- development’.Photo: Vivek Prakash / Reuters

Contested territory

Accused by the government of stalling development and by critics on the Left of not being radical enough, NGOs in India are facing many challenges. Dionne Bunsha reports.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
YES: Nayna Patel is the medical director at Akanksha IVF Clinic, Anand, Gujarat, India. More than 825 surrogate babies have been born at her clinic. Her work has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and on the BBC. She runs the Anand Surrogate Trust for the benefit of the surrogates and their families.

Is surrogacy a legitimate way out of poverty?

Doctors Nayna Patel and Mohan Rao go head to head.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
No friend of the poor? Mother Teresa once said they should ‘accept their lot’.AP Photo/Bikas Das

How Mother Teresa is torturing Kolkata

S Bedford exposes horrific negligence at a Missionaries of Charity centre in India – and asks when the order will be brought to book.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014
Dazzle or bust: a billboard model for a jewellery shop advertises the buckling-under-gold bridal look aimed for the status conscious, while the street market outside bustles with more humdrum wares, in Chennai, India.Randy Olson/©National Geographic Image Collection /Alamy

A tale of two Indias

How sinking cash into gold is rocking the country's economy and deepening the wealth divide, by Jaideep Hardikar.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
10 economic myths December, 2015
10 economic myths December, 2015
The transgender revolution October, 2015
Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution September, 2015
Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion June, 2015
Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion June, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
The great green energy grab March, 2015
The great green energy grab March, 2015
The great green energy grab March, 2015
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
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