Science, Tech & Environment
Living on Earth
June 14, 2017
Prior to the signing of the Paris climate agreement, few nations saw India as a leader in climate policy. But in 2015, the world’s third-biggest CO2 emitter began a breathtaking transformation, embracing renewable energy and slashing growth in carbon emissions. Now, the country of 1.3 billion people is a leader in clean energy in the developing world.
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Politics
I used to think of Pakistan as my enemy, until I met someone from Pakistan
PRI's The World
May 05, 2014
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.
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Arts, Culture & Media
How a long-dead Hindu swami influences India's prime minister
PRI's The World
November 10, 2014
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu spiritual leader who made a big splash in the US in the late 1800s, and he is still considered the guru to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Arts, Culture & Media
India blocks the release of controversial Delhi gang rape documentary — on Indian TV and on YouTube
PRI's The World
March 04, 2015
Updated
YouTube took down copies of a highly controversial BBC documentary about the 2012 gang rape in New Delhi Wednesday and Thursday after Indian government officials blocked "India's Daughter" from airing on television or being excerpted in print. The director has appealed to the prime minister, saying “India should be embracing this film — not blocking it with a knee-jerk hysteria without even seeing it."
Arts, Culture & Media
India Gets Serious About Cartoons
PRI's The World
October 06, 2011
Two Indian political cartoonists have experienced pressure to censor their own work.
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Politics
India's elections are over and Indians in the US have mixed feelings about the results
PRI's The World
May 17, 2014
A landslide victory for India's BJP has left the Indian community in the US divided and wondering what the new government of Narendra Modi might bring.
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Arts, Culture & Media
India's new leader favors the Hindi language, which is a problem for the country's 50 million Urdu speakers
The World in Words
August 01, 2014
Hindi and Urdu are similar when spoken. But they use different scripts-- and have been cultural and religious symbols.
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Politics
America greets India's Prime Minister like a rock star, if a controversial one
PRI's The World
September 29, 2014
The new prime minister got a hero's welcome in New York City. But outside the event, many worried about his connection to Hindu nationalist groups.
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Arts, Culture & Media
I wanted the flashy electric lights for Diwali, but my dad wanted the boring oil lamps
PRI's The World
October 23, 2014
For Indian-American writer Deepak Singh, Diwali in India was a time for getting new clothes, eating sweets and arguing with his father over Diwali lights.
The Ska Vengers - Modi, A Message to You
Arts, Culture & Media
The Indian band Ska Vengers pulls no punches in a new song blasting a political frontrunner
PRI's The World
April 11, 2014
Updated
A New Delhi ska band, the Ska Vengers, has covered the '60s and '70s hit "Message to You, Rudy" and turned it into a political message that blasts the frontrunner in India's month-long elections, Narendra Modi.
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Science, Tech & Environment
India's renewable energy revolution is racing ahead
Living on Earth
June 14, 2017
Prior to the signing of the Paris climate agreement, few nations saw India as a leader in climate policy. But in 2015, the world’s third-biggest CO2 emitter began a breathtaking transformation, embracing renewable energy and slashing growth in carbon emissions. Now, the country of 1.3 billion people is a leader in clean energy in the developing world.