The Sound of ‘Conscious’ Rap

They may look like any other group of young men chilling out on a river bank. But these young men in a huddle are scripting the revival of rap music in Indian-administered Kashmir. The narrow park…

Muheet Ul Islam

The New Age of Autarky

The most striking geopolitical feature of the past four years has not been bipolarity or multipolarity—or even great-power conflict. It has been the spectacle of major economies pursuing self…

Scott Malcolmson

India Has a Fake-Jobs Problem

OnJuly 1, a few days after a woman inIndiaregistered for an account on the careers siteNaukri.comand uploaded a resume, a recruiter called her: One of the country’s leading real-estate companies was…

Snigdha Poonam