Jim Yardley Nyt News Service

The Commonwealth Games, which opened 12 days ago with the world bracing for the worst, managed to conclude on Thursday without undue embarrassment or disaster. Stadiums did not collapse. Terrorists did not strike. Fears of disease went mostly unrealized. And the closing ceremony was a stirring success.  Indeed, some officials who before the ga...

Had the statement come from a non-Indian, especially a Westerner, it probably would have been angrily repudiated as an affront to Indian dignity. But the offending words came from a top Indian official trying to deflect criticism for the bureaucratic failings and lax preparations threatening the coming Commonwealth Games.The issue was reports of un...

Janardhana Reddy insists he is not a king. No, no, no, he protested, as a servant trotted across the courtyard to deliver a cup of cooled water. Men with machine guns stood outside. An architect waited to discuss the new mansion, while another man hovered nearby, sitting in the grass."He's the state minister of health," Mr. Reddy said of the man in...

When Nirupama Pathak left Koderma - a remote mining region - for graduate school in New Delhi, she seemed to be leaving the old India for the new. Her parents paid her tuition and did not resist when she wanted to choose her own career. But choosing a husband was another matter.Her family was Brahmin, the highest Hindu caste, and when Ms Pathak, 22...

India is Rahul Gandhi's family inheritance, and seemingly the only uncertainty is when he will collect it.

The board exam blues are not restricted to students only. Board and entrance exams have mutated into a period of excruciating pressure for students and their families.

Chinese state media reported that the China and Nepal had agreed to cooperate on border security, while Nepal restated its commitment to preventing any "anti-China" events on its side of the border.

For anyone living in a country where reforming health care is regarded as an insurmountable challenge, consider the political calendar in the struggling Himalayan republic of Nepal. By May 28, or roughly four months off, the entire country must be reorganized.

The Commonwealth Games, which opened 12 days ago with the world bracing for the worst, managed to conclude on Thursday without undue embarrassment or disaster. Stadiums did not collapse. Terrorists did not strike. Fears of disease went mostly unrealized. And the closing ceremony was a stirring success.  Indeed, some officials who before the ga...

Had the statement come from a non-Indian, especially a Westerner, it probably would have been angrily repudiated as an affront to Indian dignity. But the offending words came from a top Indian official trying to deflect criticism for the bureaucratic failings and lax preparations threatening the coming Commonwealth Games.The issue was reports of un...

Janardhana Reddy insists he is not a king. No, no, no, he protested, as a servant trotted across the courtyard to deliver a cup of cooled water. Men with machine guns stood outside. An architect waited to discuss the new mansion, while another man hovered nearby, sitting in the grass."He's the state minister of health," Mr. Reddy said of the man in...

When Nirupama Pathak left Koderma - a remote mining region - for graduate school in New Delhi, she seemed to be leaving the old India for the new. Her parents paid her tuition and did not resist when she wanted to choose her own career. But choosing a husband was another matter.Her family was Brahmin, the highest Hindu caste, and when Ms Pathak, 22...

India is Rahul Gandhi's family inheritance, and seemingly the only uncertainty is when he will collect it.

The board exam blues are not restricted to students only. Board and entrance exams have mutated into a period of excruciating pressure for students and their families.

Chinese state media reported that the China and Nepal had agreed to cooperate on border security, while Nepal restated its commitment to preventing any "anti-China" events on its side of the border.

For anyone living in a country where reforming health care is regarded as an insurmountable challenge, consider the political calendar in the struggling Himalayan republic of Nepal. By May 28, or roughly four months off, the entire country must be reorganized.