For decades, the Arab world has been a big market for Bollywood cinema — and now 'Hindustani,' a new Gulf serial, puts the core of Bollywood's appeal into an Arabic-speaking context.
Two drongo birds go head to head in Tamil Nadu, India on January 6, 2012. (VinothChandar/Flickr)
In part two of our exclusive interview, the veteran journalist discusses his first assignments in Asia — wars in India and Vietnam in the mid-1960s, that he admits he was "ill-prepared" to cover.
Two venerable Hindu men almost seem to be mirror images of each other on the steps of a building in Varanasi, India on March 17, 2012. ([ changó ]/Flickr)
Making her way through Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City, photographer Hélène Franchineau captures a day at the floating market.
Asia Society's Suzanne DiMaggio tells media outlets that Hillary Clinton's focus in Southeast Asia shows the U.S. is interested in touting its non-military interests in the region.
The evening sun colors Tokyo's skyline in pastel hues on May 26, 2012. (arcreyes [-ratamahatta-]/Flickr)
Maya Soetoro-Ng credits her mother, the late Ann Dunham, with giving her the ability to see things from multiple perspectives at once.
A young boy carries a toddler on his shoulders in Namtha, Laos on July 9, 2012. (HRAMIREZ/Flickr)