Iva Dixit

Narendra Modi is the leading candidate in the world's biggest election and a rather controversial figure. A potential victory for Modi has led to warnings of a grim future for India. A letter published in the Guardian signed by a group of artists…

"For Syria, long a crossroads of world trade, has been watered by men's blood for far longer than Flanders." This was how LIFE magazine described Syria in its May 20, 1940, issue, which was published shortly before Paris succumbed to the Germans,…

Digital detoxing, which loosely translates to abstaining from technology and social media, is the trend of the season. Both the New York Times and the New Yorker are filled with contrarian thinkpieces exploring its joys and naughts. The powerful…

Burger King apparently shares Russian President Vladimir Putin's finely honed expansionist instincts as the company is swiftly moving in to fill the Big Mac-shaped void left behind by McDonald's hasty exit from Crimea. Crimean residents may soon…

In Berlin this week, a man stood outside Angela Erdmann's door, saying he had a message from her grandfather — a man who died six years before she was born. In a twist straight out of a movie, Erdmann's visitor informed her that the "note" from her…

When the world's largest democracy goes to vote, everything about it is bound to be huge.  April 7 marked the beginning of the 16th parliamentary elections in India. Poised to be the most historic election in decades, hundreds of millions of people…

What would happen if the United States offered free birth control? The mere suggestion of state-provided birth control would probably unleash a firestorm of opinions and reactions in the U.S. Lawsuits would be filed with alarming speed, conservative…

Monday marked the beginning of the world's largest democratic exercise: Between April 7 and May 12, more than 1.2 billion citizens in India will vote to select their new government.  Take a look at these incredible photographs from India's…

"The people out there are scared as hell of the Taliban," a U.S. Army officer who recently returned from Afghanistan told the Daily Beast. And given the 39 suicide bombings, countless threats of death and mutilation and the murder of an Afghan…

Muhammad Mosa Khan appeared in court in Pakistan. He was charged with planning a murder, threatening the police and interfering in state affairs. All of these offenses sound like perfectly legitimate, very serious accusations. Except that Muhammed…