In this book, meet Yogendra Puranik aka Yogi, Japan’s first politician of Indian origin

An excerpt from ‘Orienting: An Indian in Japan’, by Pallavi Aiyar.

Pallavi Aiyar

· Jul 06, 2021 · 08:30 am

Clean air: This is what Indian cities can learn from China. But will they?

As Diwali fireworks worsen air quality, the author of the air pollution handbook ‘Choked’ explains how Beijing’s policies are showing the way.

Pallavi Aiyar

· Oct 20, 2017 · 08:30 am

How China woke up, smelled the pollution and decided to do something about it

An excerpt from Pallavi Aiyar's book 'Choked'.

Pallavi Aiyar

· Dec 28, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Why women aren’t empowered just because they can choose

‘I found choice feminism, or the idea that any choice a woman makes is a feminist one, quite absurd.’

Pallavi Aiyar

· May 01, 2016 · 08:30 am

Why parts of Europe are becoming suspicious of Islam

Many Europeans feel their ‘culture’ is being taken over by immigrants.

Pallavi Aiyar

· Mar 25, 2016 · 08:30 am