Since the early 1990s, every WLC program has given a pivotal role to women's groups in Hindi -- as they have proven to be extraordinarily powerful forces in promoting female literacy and empowerment in India.
We told a delegation from India that no agreement can occur without transparency in reporting progress by the developing world. Without the ability to verify, what good is an agreement?
Giving is a given during December but why not give a little something extra special this holiday season that will delight the book lovers in your life and promote literacy abroad?
The Maoists have flourished in areas where the government of India has virtually abandoned the rural poor. These populations are completely cut off from the economically vibrant, rapidly growing India.
The public's assessment of press accuracy and fairness is at a two-decade low. In other words, the audience doesn't trust us. I believe the feeling is mutual: we don't trust the audience, either.
Washington should welcome the steps towards strategic adjustment being pursued by its allies and refrain from any attempt to force them to re-embrace to the old subservient approach towards the United States.
In the search for "green" alternatives to oil or coal, nuclear energy is expected to make a comeback - mainly in Russia, China, India and developing n...
A $10,000 investment in the S&P 500 lost almost a thousand dollars over the last decade; a similar investment in Matthews China (MCHFX) would have grown to $53,097.29 over the same time period.
Powerful elements in Pakistan will continue to support the Pashtun insurgency in Afghanistan no matter what Islamabad's government says or does. This is the core problem for Obama.
I met UNICEF's executive director Ann M. Veneman recently at Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden's World Childhood Foundation luncheon at the United Na...
As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.
Suketu Mehta's masterwork, Maximum City, did for Bombay what the immortals Dickens and Balzac did for London and Paris.
India will keep its per capita emissions below those of the industrial nations, so the faster we reduce our emissions, the faster India's per capita emissions will peak.
I always first think of a headline that sums up the theme of my blog. But I could not decide on a good header for my analysis of the first state visit...
I know Edward Lore didn't have shopping in mind when he discovered chaos theory, but the fact that it follows the two main components of the theory, I figure, makes it fit.
The scandal surrounding the writer Mona Sarika continues to unfold after the Wall Street Journal removed an article titled "New Global Indian" that sh...
Say what you will about Tareq and Michaele Salahi; they know how to make an appearance. There's a variety of opinions on the Salahis' icky-tacky appe...
Skin whitening is a world-wide phenomenon that is becoming ever more popular as people in developing nations become more flush with cash.
Both the United States and Great Britain have failed to confront the role that Pakistan's fear of India plays in its conflict with Afghanistan. And more troops will only worsen what is already a misunderstood situation.
I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love for the second time. Here's something I can say about Elizabeth Gilbert, the author: as a writer, she is the real deal. ...
The state dinner comes at an ideal time when both countries have common interests, to spread democracy, economic growth, free markets and fight terrorism.
