Ashish Kumar Sen

Last month's change of government in New Delhi and the appointment of a straight-talking external affairs minister could portend the beginning of tense times in U.S.-Indian relations.

Homa Naderi worries that Afghanistan's 15 minutes in the spotlight are up. "We were forgotten as soon as the first bombs were dropped on Iraq," said the young Afghan American whose family moved to Pennsylvania when she was one year old.

WASHINGTON - For the second time in less than two years, an in-depth recent report has been released providing in detail links between charities based in the West and militant Hindu organizations in India.

With good employers, attractive working conditions, improved telecommunications and the entrepreneurial climate in India today, young professionals are moving back-and strengthening business ties in the process. Chetan Raghavan is ecstatic. He's landed an "awesome" job. An enviable pay package, a company car and a posh three-bedroom apartment are just some of the perks. But what this California resident is more excited about is the prospect of soon being surrounded by family and friends. He's moving to Bangalore.

WASHINGTON - President George W Bush's intention of building a "strategic partnership" with India runs the risk of being consistently undermined by Washington's powerful non-proliferation faction.

One of the most exciting and grueling jobs a young person interested in politics can have is an aide in the office of a member of the U.S. Congress. There, at the nerve center of U.S. politics, the work rarely lets up.

Human rights groups have urged the U.S. military not to repatriate more than a dozen Chinese Muslim detainees facing possible release from Guantanamo Bay, saying they are likely to face torture and even execution if sent back to China.