Betwa Sharma

Hina Bhat is run­ning for elec­tions in In­di­an-ad­min­is­tered re­gion with par­ty linked to Hin­du na­tion­al­ist ide­ol­o­gy.

Suc­ces­sive gov­ern­ments in In­dia have failed to pros­e­cute those re­spon­si­ble for killings of about 3,000 peo­ple in 1984.

Cross-bor­der clash­es be­tween In­dia and Pak­istan in the dis­put­ed re­gion dis­rupts lives and forces thou­sands to flee.

Ex­perts said Modi’s pres­ence at UN sum­mit could have changed In­dia’s im­age as an ob­struc­tion­ist in cli­mate talks.

Many Mus­lim women have wait­ed a year for at­tack­ers to be in­ves­ti­gat­ed af­ter dead­ly re­li­gious ri­ots in north­ern In­dia.

Over 100 toi­lets are built months af­ter al­leged rape and death of two girls as they walked out to an­swer na­ture’s call.

In­dia’s low­er castes suf­fer as tra­di­tion of clear­ing hu­man waste con­tin­ues de­spite par­lia­ment pass­ing a law against it.

Many stay mar­ried to gay men out of fam­i­ly pres­sure in a coun­try where ho­mo­sex­u­al­i­ty is stig­ma­tised and crim­i­nalised.

In­di­an rights ac­tivists are con­cerned about pro­posed changes in ju­ve­nile law that will al­low harsh­er pun­ish­ment.

Coun­try’s rich­est man buys into the me­dia – stok­ing con­cerns that jour­nal­is­tic in­de­pen­dence needs to be pro­tect­ed.