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Photo of the Day: To the Barricades in India

Supporters from India's opposition parties jump police barricades during a nationwide strike in New Delhi on September 20, 2012. (Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters from India's opposition parties jump police barricades during a nationwide strike in New Delhi on September 20, 2012. (Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images)

September 20th by Asia Society | Comments

India's Central Bank Governor Refuses to Play Politics With Inflation

Dr. Duvurri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, will appear at Asia Society in New York on Wednesday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. (siddylam/Flickr)
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"Subbarao was believed to have been chosen as central banker in 2008 because he was seen as being unlikely to buck his political masters. If so, he has proven the government wrong repeatedly," writes Asia Society Associate Fellow Pramit Pal Chaudhuri.

August 28th by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | Comments

Why India Has Experienced the World's Largest Power Blackout

Indian women and children wait inside a darkened train carriage at a railway station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/GettyImages)
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Asia Society Associate Fellow Pramit Pal Chaudhuri explains how infrastructure issues and a lack of political will helped lead to a blackout that impacted half the population.

July 31st by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | Comments

India Comes Out of Its Myanmar Shell

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) addresses reporters during a joint press conference following his meeting with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a hotel in Yangon on May 29, 2012. (Soe Zeya Tun/AFP/GettyImages)
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Asia Society Associate Fellow Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, after covering Prime Minister Singh's visit to Myanmar, says India is now competing with China, Thailand and the U.S. for influence in the reforming nation.

June 5th by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | Comments

Expert: India Missile Launch Part of 'Longstanding' Strategy, Not Threat to China

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Sanya, China on Apr. 13, 2011. Both India and China declined to link India's missile test on Apr. 19, 2012 with the state of their relations. (Nelson Ching/AFP/Getty Images)
Policy

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, foreign editor of the Hindustan Times and Asia Society associate fellow, argues that India's test of a long-range missile this week isn't a signal of deteriorating relations with China.

April 19th by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | Comments

Japan's Naoto Kan Amid G8 Giants

G8 leaders wave in Huntsville, Ontario on June 25, 2010. L to R: Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, Barack Obama, President of the US, and Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
Business

Eight leaders have gathered in Toronto to discuss pressing issues of global concern before 20 leaders from across the globe gather for the G20 Summit. On the agenda, industrialized and developing nations will discuss the global economic recovery

June 25th by Stephanie Valera | Comments

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