India
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Asia
Riots over a dead Muslim ruler put Narendra Modi in a tight spot
India’s prime minister is due to visit Nagpur, the site of the violence
Asia
Why India’s south is fighting plans to overhaul parliament
Tamil Nadu’s leader explains in an interview with The Economist
Asia
India is obsessed with giving its people “unique IDs”
The government is entrenching bureaucracy in the guise of cutting it
Asia
Are these the world’s most beautiful airports?
What spectacular new terminals reveal about a country
Asia
A new law targets India’s third-biggest landowner: Allah
Narendra Modi’s government seeks control of thousands of Muslim sites
Finance & economics
India has undermined a popular myth about development
Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels
Asia
How overt religiosity became cool in India
The Maha Kumbh Mela shows how tradition has become trendy
Asia
The US-Russia dogfight to sell India fighter jets
The Economist witnessed the first face-off between the world’s top stealth fighters
Asia
India’s other, little-known infrastructure revolution
Not just highways, India has built up its rural roads network, too