South Asia

As many as 3 million people could be left homeless after the most expensive Commonwealth Games in history, reports Sanjay Kumar from New Delhi.

Millions of Indians can’t access fresh water on a daily basis, Shreyasi Singh reports. And the situation is set to get worse.

Indian policymakers are again discussing if a stable Pakistan is a good thing. Pakistan’s internal politics hold the key.

China is exerting pressure on India on a range of fronts. It’s time for India to push back—and to reach out to Taiwan.

Receding flood waters in Sindh Province are leaving behind bodies, thousands of rotting carcasses and the threat of disease.

India’s role in Afghanistan is hailed as a triumph of soft power. In fact, it has just made conflict with Pakistan more likely.

Dispirited by a government that seems soft on the intifada in Kashmir, Madhav Nalapat says trouble is brewing in the military.

Wracked by droughts, floods and simmering tensions, Asia’s governments need a more co-ordinated approach to water crises.

The honeymoon between the US and India seems to be over. But there’s plenty that both sides can do to get things back on track.

The WikiLeaks files won’t destroy ties between the two. The US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan has made sure of that.

With public opposition to the Afghan war growing, the US needs to rethink policy over politically schizophrenic ally Pakistan.

Pakistan has done more than was in its own interests in the war on terror. Its support for the US has left it with a civil war.