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...that's not much comfort to those who were counting on Asia's boom to continue as uneventfully as it has over the past several years. Amit Kumar, a 22-year-old New Delhi resident, started a small building-materials business two years ago when India's capital was enjoying an unprecedented construction boom. But with interest payments on his bank loans mounting and customers dwindling, he closed up shop six months ago and started driving a taxi. The job is "beneath my status," Kumar complains, "but at least it keeps a roof above my head." If Asian governments...
...policy hawks in India believe Pakistani intelligence operatives might be targeting India's interests not just within its borders or in the disputed region of Kashmir, but also in Afghanistan. "There's been a clear escalation of terrorist attacks," says Brahma Chellaney, professor of strategic studies at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research. "Not just on Indian territory but elsewhere in the region as well...
...With reporting by Madhur Singh / New Delhi and Ali Safi / Kabul
...India Pride Parades Find Footholds In the nation's largest show of gay pride to date, hundreds marched for the first time ever in Bangalore and Delhi on June 29. Homosexuality has been illegal in India for more than 100 years, though few are prosecuted under...
...Among the other campers are parents of children who were abducted, sexually assaulted and killed in New Delhi's affluent eastern suburb of Noida over a period of years - a wealthy businessman and his domestic servant were arrested, but the case is still pending and the parents are demanding justice. Then, there are the activists of the Mafia Unmoolan Samiti, which is raising its voice against organized crime; the Rashtriya Viklang Party, which works for rights for disabled persons and has been here for years; and solo protester Ramdev Kumar from Seemapur, who claims his wife left him for someone...