Gujarat

A security personnel speaks to people from inside the main gate of Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India

Blocking BBC documentary on Gujarat riots goes against India’s democratic values, journalist says

Free speech

A new BBC documentary looking at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots has sparked controversy in India. The government is trying to ban it while students and activists are finding ways to watch it in defiance. Rana Ayyub, author of the book “Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up,” discussed the situation with The World’s host Marco Werman.

A large military rescue helicopter is shown in the distance with a man wearing a PFD is wheeled on a tarmac.

India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone

Natural disasters
A group of people are shown amid heavy rainfall pushing and pulling a teal blue boat on two wheels.

India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge

India Citizenship Bill protests

Citizenship law could do ‘irreversible damage’ to India’s secular fabric

Indian tri-colored balloons fly around a statue head of Indian founding father Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

India unveils the world’s tallest statue, celebrating development at the cost of the environment

Development
Mural artist Mona Caron uses city walls all over the world as canvases for her magnified portraits of wild plants.

A muralist is painting weeds to represent the margins of society

Arts

“I don’t paint dainty little grandmotherly botanical illustrations.”

Narendra Modi gives a victory sign at a rally in his home state of Gujarat, Friday. Modi will be India's next Prime Minister after decisively winning parliamentary elections.

India’s long election ends in a landslide vote for change

Global Politics

For the first time since independence, an opposition party in India has won an absolute majority in a parliamentary election. It was a decisive defeat for the Gandhi-Nehru Congress party. And India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, is a controversial figure.For the first time since independence, an opposition party in India has won an absolute majority in a parliamentary election. It was a decisive defeat for the Gandhi-Nehru Congress party. And India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, is a controversial figure.

Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), takes a "selfie" after casting his vote at a polling station during the seventh phase of India's general election.

I used to think of Pakistan as my enemy, until I met someone from Pakistan

Global Politics

Deepak Singh grew up in Lucknow, India, thinking Indians were the good guys and Pakistanis the bad guys. Now that he’s moved to the United States and finally met people from Pakistan, he sees things differently.Deepak Singh grew up in Lucknow, India, thinking Indians were the good guys and Pakistanis the bad guys. Now that he’s moved to the United States and finally met people from Pakistan, he sees things differently.

Linguists hope to save endangered languages in India

UNESCO lists nearly 200 of India’s 900 languages as endangered. Others are dying fast as the county continues its rapid development. A team of researchers are working to catalog what’s left of them before they disappear completely.

The World

A Push to Support Language Diversity in India

Global Politics

The World’s Hadley Robinson reports on the state of language in India, where a recent survey documented hundreds of native languages.