The mobile phone turned forty last month. Ramon Lobato reviews three recent books about the worlds it has created
17 May 13 Comments (0)Mobile phone nation
With subscriber numbers heading for a billion, the disruptive impact of mobile phones in India could be enormous. Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron look at how the technology is unsettling domesticity, sexuality and morality
14 Feb 13 Comments (0)How the world warmed to a nuclear India
India has pursued two curiously contradictory approaches to nuclear proliferation since independence, writes Kate Sullivan
03 May 12 Comments (0)“Asianising” education: the China option?
If we want to engage or compete with universities in Asia, we need to be clear about the aims of our own education system, writes Antonia Finnane
26 Mar 12 Comments (3)Among Asia’s giants
With the right leadership Burma could undoubtedly use its position between China and India to its advantage, writes Nicholas Farrelly
21 Dec 11 Comments (1)How Labor finished Bush’s uranium script
The debate over uranium exports to India has ignored the most important argument of all, writes Andy Butfoy
23 Nov 11 Comments (1)Delhi drift
Deep political disillusionment in India won’t be solved simply by creating a new anti-corruption czar, writes Robin Jeffrey
31 Aug 11 Comments (1)How outrage gripped Gandhi’s recalcitrant nation
Joseph Lelyveld’s new biography of Mahatma Gandhi caused a storm in India even before it was published there. Thomas Weber looks at the book and its critics
27 Jul 11 Comments (0)Hearts and minds
Christopher Snedden reviews two books – a memoir and a novel – about the conflict in Kashmir
28 Jun 11 Comments (0)Imagining a new India
BOOKS | Robin Jeffrey reviews Anand Giridharadas’s vivid new account of a nation in transition
23 Mar 11 Comments (0)Jostling giants
Regardless of their long-term significance, China’s defence decisions are creating unease in South Asia, writes Geoffrey Barker
04 Feb 11 Comments (0)The burden of numbers
BOOKS | Mumbai is a big city getting bigger, writes Jim Masselos, but amid the crowds the quest for freedom goes on
19 Jan 11 Comments (0)Uneasy neighbours
A disputed border continues to fuel tension between China and India, but there are also good reasons for better relations, writes Louise Merrington
19 Aug 10 Comments (1)The US reads the riot act to Pakistan
Will Pakistan continue its longstanding policy of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds, asks Sandy Gordon
29 Jul 10 Comments (0)Australia–India: reimagining the relationship
First, let’s fix the education problems. Then let’s recognise the missing link in Australia–India relations, writes Robin Jeffrey
15 Feb 10 Comments (4)India’s toughest contest
Hope and perseverance drive the enormous number of young Indians with ambitions to work in government, reports Kate Sullivan
01 Nov 09 Comments (6)The good, the bad and the Section 420s
The Australia–India relationship is on the cusp of something deep and mutually beneficial. It would be tragic if thugs and misunderstandings got in the way, writes Robin Jeffrey
04 Jun 09 Comments (4)A bed of nails and roses
Amid uncertain economic and social times, a revitalised Congress Party is back at the centre of Indian politics, writes Robin Jeffrey
28 May 09 Comments (0)Looking for Youngistaan
The eighty-one year old candidate with his own Facebook group symbolises how India’s parties are trying to come to grips with millions of young voters, writes Kate Sullivan
14 Apr 09 Comments (3)“Nobody can stop me”
Will Mayawati be India’s first Dalit prime minister? Maxine Loynd profiles Uttar Pradesh’s fiery chief minister
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