Daily Interlude

More Girls in India are Refusing to Become Child Brides

Despite a 2006 law banning the age-old practice, most parents in rural India still want to marry off their daughters before the legal age of 18 ... more >>

Recognizing Each Other

Sharing the same cultural and historical complex ought to make Indian writers in English more receptive to each others’ work. Its absence is a hurdle to developing a sustained writing tradition ... more >>

The Battle for Mother Teresa's Remains

Mother Teresa was born to Albanian parents but lived and worked in India. Now there's a heated debate as to where her remains will go ... more >>

"I Prefer to Fight Today's Battles"

There are many argumentative Indians, but very few who can hold your attention in quite the way Amartya Sen can — if you catch him, as Outlook did last week, at his expansive best. He dazzles you by moving fluidly between welfare economics and history, philosophy and international politics ... more >>