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Two-Thirds of India’s Inmates Have Not Been Convicted0
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- December 6, 2019
By Maroosha Muzaffar 6 December 2019 Of India’s estimated 433,000 prisoners, more than 293,000 are awaiting trial. Why you should care Despite attempts at reform, a majority of those in Indian jails are still awaiting trial.When Deepak Mishra, 36, talks about his time in prison, it is with anger and frustration. He was arrested in
READ MOREWant Internet in Kashmir? Agree to Give Up Privacy | OZY0
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- November 30, 2019
By Junaid Kathju 29 November 2019 If they want internet access, Kashmiri businesses will have to let security forces check every website they access.Source Yawar Nazir/ Getty Why you should care No one should have to give up their privacy in exchange for the internet. Companies in Kashmir can finally restore their internet connections, which
READ MORESri Lanka’s New Leader Faces Deep Fissures0
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- November 27, 2019
By Amy Kazmin 27 November 2019 Why you should care Winning the election was the easy part. For Sri Lanka’s new leader, the real battle starts now. The ancient Buddhist stupa where Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday is rich in symbolism: The structure was built by the first Sinhalese
READ MORECan Saudi Arabia’s Aramco IPO Bring Peace to the Middle East?0
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- November 26, 2019
By Sanjay Kapoor 26 November 2019 Why you should care A period of calmness opens up opportunities for key negotiations that could bring longer-term peace. At the yellow desert stone convention center at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Riyadh, people were chatting about the potential size of what Saudi Arabia hopes will be the world’s biggest-ever IPO.
READ MOREIndian Muslims Want Dignity, Not Land0
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- November 21, 2019
By Farah Naqvi www.ozy.com 21 November 2019 Why you should care The world’s largest democracy has long stood for secularism. Its biggest minority now feels threatened like never before. “If the judgment had gone in favor of ‘the Muslim’ party, our blood would have flowed on the streets! Right-wing hordes would have descended on the
READ MOREIndia: Ganga Sagar Mela – This Popular Indian Festival Is Sinking Into the Sea0
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- November 8, 2019
By Catherine Davison 8 November 2019 www.ozy.com Why you should care This beach celebration in India is running out of beach. Climate Surprises: This OZY series captures the global warming-induced changes you’ve never thought about. Sitting in the gardens of the Kapil Muni Temple on Sagar Island, Sanjay Das seems unperturbed by the fact
READ MOREThe Streaming Wars Have Made It to India0
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- October 22, 2019
By Stephanie Findlay 22 October 2019 Why you should care India is the next big battleground for video content producers. As Netflix and Amazon splurge on original content to win streaming supremacy in India, Bollywood producer Tanveer Bookwala has never been so busy. This month Bookwala wrapped up filming Asura, a thriller for Voot, one
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China Weaponizes Education to Control Tibet0
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- October 16, 2019
By Ben Halder 16 October 2019 China has ramped up its efforts to get Tibetan children to study at state-run boarding schools outside the province.Source Kevin Frayer/Getty Why you should care Because China is undercutting Tibetan monastery education in a bid to control the future. In April 2019, China Global Television Network (CGTN) published a
READ MOREThe Walls Close in on Modi as India’s Bureaucrats Quit in Protest0
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- October 14, 2019
By Pallabi Munsi 13 October 2019 Why you should care The unprecedented wave of resignations in the U.S. State Department under Donald Trump is now spreading to the bureaucracy in Modi’s India. Just last year, Kannan Gopinathan was the toast of India’s civil services, after his efforts at rebuilding a broken dam in the flood-ravaged state
READ MOREA Year After Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia Appears Untouched0
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- September 30, 2019
By OZY Editors 30 September 2019 Why you should care President Donald Trump embraced Saudi Arabia’s leader despite suspicions that he ordered a journalist’s horrific murder. This is an OZY Special Briefing, an extension of the Presidential Daily Brief. The Special Briefing tells you what you need to know about an important issue, individual or story
READ MOREThe Taliban’s Hidden Moderate0
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- September 27, 2019
By Pallabi Munsi 27 September 2019 Why you should care Because he’s central to any potential Afghan peace deal.After the Longest War: What’s next in Afghanistan?After the Longest War: What’s next in Afghanistan? Outside Moscow’s President Hotel in February, the deputy political head of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi Ali Mardan Qul, voiced his
READ MOREWhy India and Kashmir Are Headed Back to the 1990s0
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- September 27, 2019
By Maroosha Muzaffar 27 September 2019 Why you should care Because 7 million Kashmiris still have no mobile or internet connectivity. A friend and fellow Kashmiri journalist visited our home region from Delhi last week, after going almost 20 days without speaking to his parents. Ever since the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
READ MORETrump’s Test as India and Pakistan Clash Over Kashmir Again0
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- August 21, 2019
By John McLaughlin 21 August 2019 Source Composite Sean Culligan/OZY, Image Getty Why you should care Tensions are high on the nuclear-armed subcontinent, where international intervention has worked in the past. But will it in the Trump era? When the latest India-Pakistan flare-up arose over disputed Kashmir, my mind went back to Christmas Eve, 2001.
READ MOREINSIDE THE EXODUS OF INDIAN MIGRANTS FROM KASHMIR0
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- August 9, 2019
By Yashraj Sharma WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Modi’s government says the abrogation of Kashmir’s special status will better integrate it with India, but Indians are leaving in droves. It’s 8 pm and the streets of Srinagar — the capital of Indian Kashmir — are desolate, with one of the strictest curfews the region has seen. But
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