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Patang: movie review

'Patang' skillfully integrates documentary footage with dramatic reenactments.
Global News Blog The tender poetry of... the Taliban?

Since the Soviet occupation, Islamist fighters have used poetry to express their passions, doubts, and determination. 'The Poetry of the Taliban' was released in the US this week.
Amid Higgs boson celebrations, Indians see a snub (+video)

As the world celebrates the discovery of what is thought to be the elusive Higgs boson, many Indians are saying that more attention needs to be given to the Indian scientist Satyendranath Bose, for whom the boson is named.
Police arrest key Indian suspect in Mumbai attack

Authorities believe the man coached the militants involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks by phone from Pakistan.
Delhi tackles air pollution with more auto rickshaws

India's air pollution is now worse than China's. To tackle its problem, Delhi has rolled out one of the world's largest fleets of vehicles fueled with compressed natural gas.
Focus Rio+20 challenge: expanding transportation to match growth in Mumbai

Mumbai's infrastructure is groaning under the pressure of its decade-long economic boom, as people travel for business and rising incomes put more private vehicles on the road.
Difference Maker India's feisty – and effective – environmental champion

Sunita Narain has learned that being an environmentalist in India means being an advocate for the poor – and for immediate action.
Passenger train collides with freight train in India

At least 25 people died in a collision between two trains in India. Seventy survived. India has one of the largest railway networks in the world.
Keep Calm Ritual Aggression: India and Pakistan's missile tests, following peace talks (+video)

Pakistan and India test ballistic missiles to demonstrate military might. But these tests have become separate from politics, in which both countries appear to be developing closer ties.
Terrorism & Security Beijing responds calmly to India missile test

The Chinese government has underscored its desire for cooperation with India, rather than an arms race.
Terrorism & Security India tests missile that can reach China (+video)

The successful test launch of India's Agni-V missile means that India now has a long-range missile that can reach China's population centers, giving it a new level of deterrence.
Global News Blog Pedals, gears, and poles: India's makeshift wheelchairs

Thousands of disabled commuters navigate busy streets of New Delhi in wheelchairs that look like bikes, powering themselves with their hands and steering with a metal pole.
Latin America Monitor The perils of 'car culture' in Brazil

From high costs, to heavy traffic, to lagging safety regulations, cars have become a 'quality-of-life problem in many cities,' writes guest blogger Greg Michener.
Terrorism & Security Thai officials say Tuesday's Bangkok blasts were meant for Israeli diplomats

The Iranian suspects in the Bangkok blasts were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, a senior Thai intelligence official said. Earlier blasts in India and Georgia also targeted Israelis this week.
Backchannels Israel blames Hezbollah and Iran for attacks on diplomats. Is it right? (+video)

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed group that has carried out attacks as far afield as Argentina before, is certainly a prime suspect in today's attacks in India and Georgia.
Global News Blog New Delhi’s pride: its modern metro

So classy, even its riders seem to behave better when aboard.
Global News Blog Religious slights are the buzz as India marks Republic Day

Followers of India's three main religions - Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism - have balked loudly at cultural slights this week. There's a reason for it, and it's not all politics.
The Monitor's View: Self-immolation as protest tactic rises in Tibet, Middle East

Political suicides by fire rise among many Tibetans and Arabs as their situations grow desperate. But such a tactic often fails to ignite protest, and itself raises questions.
Dealing with colds and flu

A Christian Science perspective.
Cover Story In India, the challenge of building 50,000 colleges

To become an economic powerhouse, India needs to educate as many as 100 million young people over the next 10 years – something never done before.
Corruption in India: I was approached for a bribe

Our correspondent learns first-hand the mechanics of petty bribery in India. Meanwhile, corruption fighter Anna Hazare called off his hunger strike today.
Back on hunger strike: India's Anna Hazare resumes corruption fight

Indian anticorruption activist Anna Hazare has begun a three-day hunger strike, complaining that India is dragging its feet on cleaning up its graft-ridden government.
Why India pulled the welcome mat for Wal-Mart

Intense protest prompted India to shelve plans this month to allow box stores like Wal-Mart. But many say the retail sector is backward and needs the jobs and investment such stores would bring.
In India, a phone app to fight rape

The phone app "Fight Back" will be launched in Delhi, India, and will send out a text message with a GPS location to up to five people, including police, and as a post on Facebook and Twitter.
$35 tablet computer? Yes, from India.

$35 tablet computer is government-subsidized and aimed at India's students. For $35, tablet computer is stripped down and can't compete with an iPad.