The far right is absolutely losing it over Usha Vance.

His new book, Smoke and Ashes, traces the ravages of British opium on India from the eighteenth century to the present.

A conversation with the author about his novel “The Light At the End of the World,” and catastrophe, conspiracy, and mythmaking in fiction.

“When it comes to standing up for human rights, actions speak louder than words,” the representatives said.

It has taken a back seat to great-power competition. And this week at the White House, guess who’s coming to dinner?

On Chuck Schumer’s troubling embrace of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and India’s Narendra Modi

The three self-made men in his new novel, “Run and Hide,” struggle for authenticity in a world of new money.

A study of strongmen misses deeper reasons for democratic collapse.

Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?

The essays in “Bland Fanatics” trace today’s crises to a long history of violent colonial oppression.

The adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s novel explores the cruelties of making it big.

Isabel Wilkerson compares American racism to structures of oppression in India and Nazi Germany.

“One Billion Americans” is a loosely-informed mishmash of policy, held together by anxieties about American power.

Anjali Ponni Rajkumar saw her government fail. And she saw the stark divide between rich and poor.

Jeet Thayil’s new novel features a bereaved narrator, depression, and lots of drugs.

How a warming world is sparking calls for a greener web

The decision to revoke Kashmir's special status is part of a ghastly—and popular—agenda for Delhi's hard-right Hindu government.

Narendra Modi has been reelected. In part, that's because Indian leftists, like American leftists, have been trying to imitate right-wingers rather than countering them.

The author and activist talks to The New Republic about Narendra Modi, the decimation of India's opposition, and the way forward.

For the first time, female voters are set to outnumber male voters in the world's largest national election.