How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda
Some of unit’s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.
Some of unit’s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.
Lauren Etter, Vernon Silver, Sarah Frier Bloomberg Business Dec 2017 10min Permalink
A young couple, their warring families, and the risks of marrying for love in India.
Mansi Choksi Harper's Dec 2017 30min Permalink
A reporter on her way out of India probes a case of a woman beaten to death by her husband in public.
Ellen Barry New York Times Aug 2017 Permalink
A tech support scammer makes the mistake of engaging a talkative podcast host. [Transcript]
Alex Goldman Reply All Jul 2017 30min Permalink
“My stories, my family’s stories, were not stories in India. They were just life.”
Sujatha Gidla Literary Hub Jul 2017 15min Permalink
Olathe, Kansas, became a global magnet for tech talent, thanks to plentiful jobs, cheap housing, and good schools. Then someone opened fire on a pair of Indian-born engineers.
Romesh Ratnesar Businessweek May 2017 15min Permalink
Bangalore was once the icon of a globalized, high tech, utopian future. Now it’s a sign of global catastrophe.
Samanth Subramanian Wired May 2017 15min Permalink
Looking for answers in India after a seeker disappears and his guide commits suicide.
Ariel Sophia Bardi Roads and Kingdoms Jan 2017 10min Permalink
How a minimally trained, isolated man named Srinivasa Ramanujan figured out some of mathematics’ deepest theoretical problems using little more than an out-of-date elementary school textbook.
Robert Schneider, Benjamin Phelan The Believer Feb 2015 35min Permalink
How the truth still eludes the investigation of the killing of four boys in Joypur, which sparked a bloody riot and massive displacement.
Rahul Bhattacharya OPEN Magazine Jun 2016 1h5min Permalink
A man’s search for his kidnapped children in India and Nepal.
Sonia Faleiro Harper's May 2016 30min Permalink
The social network positioned its plan to bring the internet to millions of Indians as a gift. The country saw a catch.
Rahul Bhatia The Guardian May 2016 25min Permalink
An Indian boy ran 40 miles at age 4. Fame followed—and a custody battle.
Bill Donahue Runner's World Aug 2008 25min Permalink
How 2-minute noodles became a half-billion dollar debacle for Nestlé in India.
A murder involving one of the India’s celebrity couples has mesmerized the country and exposed some of its darkest fears.
Sonia Faleiro The California Sunday Magazine Mar 2016 20min Permalink
The women would walk 10 miles from the village to the meat packing plants. Their pay supported drunk husbands and hungry children. When they were told to stop, they broke with tradition and went to the law.
Ellen Barry New York Times Jan 2016 25min Permalink
The bribery scandal, involving tests given for coveted government jobs and medical school admissions, began implicating high-ranking officials. Then people started turning up dead.
Aman Sethi The Guardian Dec 2015 25min Permalink
In search of Ramanujan in India.
Robert Schneider, Bejamin Phelan The Believer Jan 2015 35min Permalink
The future of India’s “good minority,” the Parsis.
Nell Freudenberger Harper's Aug 2015 30min Permalink
Old India and new, viewed through the prism of the writer’s hometown.
Amitava Kumar Granta Apr 2015 15min Permalink
Paleram Chauhan, a 52-year-old Indian farmer, was shot dead during the summer of 2013. The reason: his opposition to a gang of criminals stealing his village’s sand to sell on the black market.
Vince Beiser Wired Mar 2015 15min Permalink
A man in a small town in India builds local power by owning the only computer in his village.
Snigdha Poonam Granta Feb 2015 25min Permalink
The lives of the Indians who were swallowed in the Bhopal gas cloud, thirty years later.
Jennifer Wells The Toronto Star Nov 2014 50min Permalink
Sex, lies and fraud alleged at West Virginia University.
Nona Willis Aronowitz, Tony Dokoupil NBC News Sep 2014 10min Permalink
How Hafeez Contractor is creating an alternate India in the sky, where professionsals are “insulated from the chaos that has long hamstrung their homeland.”
Daniel Brook New York Times Magazine Jun 2014 Permalink