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  1. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Omkar Khandekar

    India's prime minister is wooing the Gen Z while cracking down on them (opens the original)

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    MUMBAI, India — Last month, weeks after tens of thousands of students took to the streets of New Delhi demanding education reform, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the seven-week protests. Modi said he was aware of how corruption in India's examination systems had affected them, and he was working to fix it. The reel — shot chin-first, uploaded at midnight — inspired countless parodies. Undaunted, the 75-year-old leader put up more reels over the next few days addressing

  2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Omkar Khandekar

    Nepal's hesitance to accept foreign help for flood relief comes under scrutiny (opens the original)

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    KATHMANDU, Nepal — As authorities in Nepal scramble to rescue more than 900 workers trapped in hydropower tunnels that are still under construction, a top group of the country's private sector power producers has criticized the government's initial hesitance in accepting help from other countries. The floods and mudslides that were triggered by last week's ice-and-rock avalanche have buried several Himalayan villages in the border region of Nepal and Tibet. In a statement on Monday morning, loca

  3. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Omkar Khandekar

    How India's blocking of a film exposing real-life police abuses backfired (opens the original)

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    AMRITSAR, India — On a muggy monsoon evening, farmers in the northern Indian village of Bandala finished tending to their rice and sugarcane crop and flocked to the local Sikh temple. They settled in plastic chairs, women to the front, men to the back, as volunteers served strawberry juice in plastic cups and kids bustled around, happy to have an excuse to stay up late. They were gathered for an unlikely event: the screening of a film that was never granted a theatrical release certificate by In

  4. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Omkar Khandekar

    Some in India's government revamp strategy for Gen Z after 'cockroach' protests (opens the original)

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    Facebook, WhatsApp and X used to be the core playbook for India's ruling party, the BJP, to reach voters. In the wake of last month's youth-led cockroach protests, the party is trying to revamp its strategy for Gen Z, and winning over young voters is only half the picture. Police are also rounding up protest organizers on criminal charges, as NPR's Omkar Khandekar reports from Mumbai. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: (Speaking Hindi). UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Speaking Hindi). UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: (Sp

  5. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Omkar Khandekar

    A banned film in India gains popularity (opens the original)

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    In India, the government recently banned a film about historical police abuses. However, rather than silence the story, the ban amplified it. As NPR's Omkar Khandekar reports, the backlash turned the blocked theater screenings into calls for state accountability. OMKAR KHANDEKAR, BYLINE: It's a hot afternoon in north India's Bandala village, when the loudspeakers of a Sikh temple crackle to life. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Speaking in Punjabi). KHANDEKAR: It's a reminder for people to come to the tem

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