Volunteers set up their own roadblocks. Neighborhoods set their own limits. The efforts could help the fractious country battle the outbreak but risk also stoking divisions and xenophobia.
Author: JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and SUHASINI RAJ
Indian Parliament Passes Divisive Citizenship Bill, Moving It Closer to Law
The government says it is trying to protect religious minorities from being persecuted in Muslim countries. Indian Muslims say the bill is discriminatory, and protests are spreading.
India Steps Toward Making Naturalization Harder for Muslims
A bill establishing a religious test for immigrants has passed the lower house of Parliament, a major step for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist agenda.
Teenager Dies in Kashmir Amid Protests After Autonomy Was Revoked
The Indian authorities acknowledged the death of a 16-year-old but they said they did not know the specific cause. Witnesses said he had been hit in the face with buckshot.
Pakistan Frees Indian Pilot Who Was Beaten by a Mob and Then Served Tea
Wing Cmdr. Abhinandan Varthaman was shot down, rescued from an angry crowd, and then interrogated, bound at first, by officers he called “thorough gentlemen.”
Pakistan Frees Indian Pilot Who Was Beaten by a Mob and Then Served Tea
Wing Cmdr. Abhinandan Varthaman was shot down, rescued from an angry crowd, and then interrogated, bound at first, by officers he called “thorough gentlemen.”
‘Tell Everyone We Scalped You!’ How Caste Still Rules in India
While India is undergoing tremendous change, caste discrimination is still a force. Those who rebel against are often met with unchecked brutality.