Ainnie Arif is a journalist covering diplomacy and international affairs with a South Asian lens. She focuses on how global events intersect with regional politics and local impact.
Behind the numbers looms a stark paradox: in the world’s most populous nation, it is the southern states—long successful in reducing fertility—that now face losing their political power. Decades of demographic progress could ultimately erode their influence—an irony as profound as it is overlooked.
In the latest wave of demolitions in the capital, some residents have been rehabilitated, while others remain trapped in legal limbo, struggling to prove their status as legitimate citizens.
Sometimes, especially on a subject as complex as education, all we can do is ask questions. In this issue, Outlook Magazine asks the top experts, entrepreneurs, scholars and academics what Indians seeking to study in the United States really want—and whether it's time they searched for greener pastures. The answers may truly surprise us.
Musk faces a constitutional hurdle: born in South Africa, he is barred from running for President under Article II, Section 1, which requires a “natural born Citizen.” Still, he retains the power to finance and promote other candidates.
Mamdani released a statement, responding to the Trump's remarks that the President would have him arrested if Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in New York are blocked.
The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are supporters of former President Bashar al Assad.
In the last week of June, a group of visually impaired persons visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. They share their experience of viewing the temple through the power of their senses and feelings
While the Chief Minister Rekha Gupta cites court orders, maintaining that authorities cannot defy demolition directives, residents scramble to salvage whatever they can.
If elected in the general elections due later this year— Mamdani would make history, he would become the first Muslim and first Indian American to become New York City’s mayor. He has left behind veteran politicians in this surprise victory.
Carried out by security forces in the wake of an attack that rattled the Valley and the nation, the operations ended up displacing entire families — elderly and children alike — leaving them without homes or answers.
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