Asia Society President Vishakha Desai briefs WNYC on President Obama's short visit to Indonesia.
Around 2500 farmers, in eight provinces, work on saffron farms for export mostly to India and some European countries.
Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai analyzes whether India is ready to be a world power.
An Indian Sikh devotee takes a dip in the holy sarover (water tank) at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 5, 2010.
Elaborating on her earlier Huffington Post opinion piece, Desai characterizes Obama's trip as "very important" for both countries and their respective leaders, for a host of security- and business-related reasons.