Rama Lakshmi
Foreign

» Washington Post Foreign Service | Rama Lakshmi has been with The Washington Post's India bureau since April 1990. A museum studies graduate, she has worked with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Missouri History Museum.
Articles by Rama Lakshmi
In rural India, resistance to proposed nuclear plants (October 31, 2009)
How CD was made of sister's songs about Krishna (October 31, 2009)
India's green industries watch as world reassess emissions policy (October 19, 2009)
Fanfare and Flak for Hunter of Man-Eating Leopards in India (October 8, 2009)
Key Indian Figures Call for New Nuclear Tests Despite Deal With U.S. (October 5, 2009)
India Weighing Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (September 24, 2009)
New Delhi Is Torn Up in Preparation for 2010 Commonwealth Games (September 15, 2009)
In Reviving a New Delhi Park, Artist Makes Community Her Focal Point (September 1, 2009)
Harley-Davidson Coming to India to Test a New Market (August 31, 2009)
Mumbai Gunman Enters Plea Of Guilty (July 21, 2009)
India Sets Goal to Harness Renewable Energy (July 19, 2009)
India, Pakistan to Share Intelligence on Terrorist Threats (July 17, 2009)
India Begins Digitizing Labyrinthine Landownership Records (July 17, 2009)
Siege in Mumbai Spawns Wave of Films Recounting Horror (July 12, 2009)
India's Traditional Arranged Marriages Join the Reality TV Age (June 27, 2009)
Stakes High for India in Emotionally Charged Mumbai Trial (June 22, 2009)
Tours Let Travelers to India Trace Steps, Test Principles of Gandhi (June 12, 2009)
Indian Banks Put the Brakes on Credit Card Generation's Spending (June 7, 2009)
Pakistani Court Orders Release of Suspected Mumbai Attack Mastermind (June 3, 2009)
In India, Writers Show Kids 'a World Beyond Harry Potter' (June 1, 2009)
A Younger Generation Changes the Face of India's Legislature (May 23, 2009)
In Indian Election Results, Market Sees Mandate for Further Economic Reforms (May 21, 2009)
India's Hindu Nationalist BJP Party Reflects on Election Loss (May 18, 2009)
For India's Rupee, a New Identity (May 16, 2009)
India's New Crop of Entrepreneurs Unfazed by Sagging Economy (May 15, 2009)
India Fires Back With Inquiry Into Barriers Its Exporters Face in United States (May 8, 2009)
In India, Educated but Unemployable Youths (May 4, 2009)
India's Business Schools Out of Date (May 3, 2009)
Classical Dancer Campaigns As 'People's Candidate' in India (April 22, 2009)
Lone Accused Gunman in Mumbai Siege Disavows Confession (April 18, 2009)
Attacks by Maoist Rebels in India Leave 17 Dead as Election Begins (April 17, 2009)
Journalists From India and Pakistan Discuss Role in Wake of Mumbai Siege (April 16, 2009)
India Rejects Calls For Emission Cuts (April 13, 2009)
U.S. Envoy Says India Is Not Being Pressured (April 9, 2009)
A Ritual Slowly Unravels In India (March 29, 2009)
The Jewel Trade's Fading Luster (March 28, 2009)
India's Growing Middle Class Becomes More Invested in Art (March 24, 2009)
Vast Rural India Sparkles As an Expanding Market (March 20, 2009)
Bollywood, Hollywood Tightening Film Ties (March 7, 2009)
Gandhi Memorabilia to Return to India (March 6, 2009)
At Indian Youth Festival on Safe-Sex Practices, Focus Is on Pleasure Principle (March 2, 2009)
Auction of Gandhi's Belongings Sparks Outrage Among Indians (February 24, 2009)
Makeover Via MIT for Indian Police (February 23, 2009)
Son Marks Martin Luther King's 1959 Visit to India (February 18, 2009)
Assault On Mumbai Planned In Pakistan (February 13, 2009)
Pakistan Wants More Evidence to Prosecute in Mumbai Attacks (February 10, 2009)
Struggle for Justice by Deceived Afghan Bride Resonates in India (January 31, 2009)
Applying Meaning to Management With Ancient Hindu Mythology (January 26, 2009)
Despite Historic Pact, U.S. Firms Are Hampered in Setting Up Reactors in India (January 21, 2009)
India Rethinking Business Standards (January 10, 2009)
Regulators Begin Probe of Indian Tech Giant (January 8, 2009)
Indian Outsourcing Giant Admits Fraud (January 8, 2009)
India Gives Pakistan Findings From Mumbai Probe, Urges Action Against Suspects (January 6, 2009)
India Opens Call Center to Help Control Population Growth (January 5, 2009)
Coalition Government Likely in Jammu and Kashmir (December 29, 2008)
From Low Art to High Fashion in India (December 26, 2008)
India's Prime Minister Plays Down Possibility of War With Pakistan (December 24, 2008)
Pakistan Scrambles Military Jets as Top Indian Official Talks Tough (December 23, 2008)
New Delhi Public Art Festival Raises Questions About Growth (December 21, 2008)
Lower House of Indian Parliament Passes Tough Anti-Terrorism Legislation (December 18, 2008)
Small Indian Textile Town Gains Fame for Quirky Bollywood Parodies (December 18, 2008)
Indian Businesses Push for Security (December 17, 2008)
S. Asian Tensions Trickle Down to Cricket (December 13, 2008)
Pakistan Shutters 11 Offices of Charity Linked to Mumbai Attacks (December 12, 2008)
Investigators in India Turn Focus to Homegrown Suspects (December 11, 2008)
Pakistan Detains Extremist Leader (December 10, 2008)
Ruling Party in India Victorious in Three State Elections (December 9, 2008)
Indian Minister Denies Making Threatening Call, Says Pakistan Is Trying to Divert Attention (December 8, 2008)
Two Suspects Questioned About Cellphone Cards Used In Mumbai Attacks (December 7, 2008)
Indian Official Says Pakistan's ISI Trained, Supported Mumbai Attackers (December 6, 2008)
Indian Middle Class Directs Anger Over Mumbai Attacks at Nation's Politicians (December 5, 2008)
Wounded Mumbai Returns to Life (December 4, 2008)
As Rice Presses Pakistan, Mumbai Residents Hold Massive Rally (December 4, 2008)
Indian Investigators Reveal Details Culled From Arrested Gunman (December 3, 2008)
India Demands Pakistan Hand Over Fugitives (December 2, 2008)
More Indian Officials Quit in Aftermath of Attacks (December 1, 2008)
Official Quits Amid Public Anger at India's Leadership (December 1, 2008)
Defiant Pakistan Disputes India's Allegations (November 30, 2008)
Last Gunmen Killed in India, Ending Siege (November 29, 2008)
Coordinated Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital (November 27, 2008)
5 Indian Crew Members of Hijacked Ship Return Home (November 25, 2008)
Controversy Erupts in India Over Arrests of Hindus in Bombing Case (November 24, 2008)
Restoration Project Helps Neglected 18th-Century Indian Observatory Come Alive (November 17, 2008)
A Himalayan Mission to Bring Closure to Kin of WWII Troops (November 11, 2008)
Indians Slow the Shopping Spree (November 1, 2008)
61 Killed, 350 Hurt In Bombings Across India's Assam State (October 31, 2008)
In India, Global Crisis Is Not All Bad News (October 26, 2008)
Four Hindus Charged in Fatal Indian Bombing (October 25, 2008)
Prodding Middle-Class Indians to the Polls (October 22, 2008)
Call Centers Are Fodder For India's Pop Culture (October 20, 2008)
Indians Cling To Old Ways Of Banking (October 7, 2008)
Glitch Delays Signing Of India Nuclear Pact (October 5, 2008)
Merchants in India Nervously Look to Bombproof Premises (October 4, 2008)
Indian Police Accused Of Using Undue Force On Terror Suspects (September 29, 2008)
Bomb Explosion In Indian Capital Kills 1, Injures 18 (September 28, 2008)
Indian Police Hunt for Bombers (September 15, 2008)
Controlled Blasts Kill at Least 22 At Busy Markets in New Delhi (September 14, 2008)
India Set to Lose Voice of America (September 12, 2008)
International Group Backs Nuclear Accord For U.S., India (September 7, 2008)
U.S. Letter Puts India's Premier On Defensive Over Nuclear Deal (September 5, 2008)
In India, Outcry Over U.S. Letter (September 4, 2008)
2.5 Million Indians Stranded by Floods (September 3, 2008)
A Secondary Role for U.S. in India's Nuclear Future (September 2, 2008)
In New Delhi, 'Art, Money and Desire' (August 23, 2008)
10 Suspected in July Blasts Arrested, Indian Police Say (August 17, 2008)
Indians Trapped by Debt as Easy Money Dries Up (August 16, 2008)
Bindra's Gold Stirs Indian Pride (August 12, 2008)
On Patrol to Prevent Hazing (August 9, 2008)
Hard Line at WTO Earns Indian Praise (August 1, 2008)
Trade Talks Crumble in Feud Over Farm Aid (July 30, 2008)
Aficionados Lament That Their Beloved Bollywood Works Get No Respect (July 28, 2008)
India's Government Wins Parliament Confidence Vote (July 23, 2008)
Indian Legislators Begin Key Debate (July 22, 2008)
Premier of India Stakes Career on U.S. Nuclear Pact (July 19, 2008)
India's Unlikely Obama (July 11, 2008)
India Advocates B&Bs to Ease Hotel Crunch (July 6, 2008)
Indian Leader Rescues Nuclear Deal With U.S. (July 5, 2008)
India's Moderate Muslims See Peril In Growth of Stricter Form of Islam (June 29, 2008)
Summer Camps Revive India's Ancient Sanskrit (June 15, 2008)
India Sharply Raises Fuel Prices (June 5, 2008)
The Pain of Dyslexia, As Told by Bollywood (June 4, 2008)
Indian Protesters Let Dead Decay (June 1, 2008)
Frenzied Welcome for India's Own 'Great Khali' (May 20, 2008)
Bombs Kill at Least 60 in India (May 14, 2008)
As U.S. Outsources Legal Work, India's Law Grads Prosper (May 11, 2008)
U.S. Legal Work Booms in India (May 11, 2008)
Bush Comment on Food Crisis Brings Anger, Ridicule in India (May 8, 2008)
A Dynastic Scion Meets the People (May 1, 2008)
A Tense Welcome in India (April 18, 2008)
Tibetans in India Facing Tight Security for Torch (April 16, 2008)
India's Savers Turn to Investing (April 14, 2008)
In India, Dreams Unfold in English (April 6, 2008)
For India, Tibet Poses Some Delicate Issues (April 2, 2008)
Indians Pressure Dow on Bhopal Cleanup (March 29, 2008)
Bandit Gains Locals' Loyalty While Long Eluding the Police (March 25, 2008)
Young Tibetans Nurture the Notion of Returning Home (March 25, 2008)
Protests Reflect Two Approaches: Solemn and Furious (March 20, 2008)
Dalai Lama Airs Prospect of Quitting (March 19, 2008)
With Reports Of Violence, Anger Ignites Beyond Tibet (March 15, 2008)
India's Survivors of Partition Begin to Break Long Silence (March 12, 2008)
Indian Cities Eye New Delhi's Quiet 'Citizen Revolution' (March 2, 2008)
India Uncovers Kidney Racket (January 30, 2008)
In the Widening World of Reality TV, Being a 'Crowd' Is No Easy Job (January 29, 2008)
In India's Huge Marketplace, Advertisers Find Fair Skin Sells (January 27, 2008)
In India, Gods Rule The 'Toon' Universe (January 9, 2008)
In India, Gods Rule The 'Toon' Universe (January 9, 2008)
Small-Scale Businesses Forestall a Green India (December 27, 2007)
India Revisits Forest Fire Ban (December 16, 2007)
A Transgender TV Debut (December 9, 2007)
Getting AIDS Education on Track in India (December 7, 2007)
India's Cheeky 'Chick Lit' Finds an Audience (November 23, 2007)
Rising Rupee Casts a Shadow (November 9, 2007)
Pride and Joy in India Over La.'s Bobby Jindal (October 30, 2007)
Hindus Detail Involvement In Deadly '02 Riots in India (October 26, 2007)
Giving Slum Children A New Sense of Class (October 25, 2007)
A Daily Round of Rituals For Boys Becoming Priests (October 18, 2007)
Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse (October 16, 2007)
Young Urbanites in India Shun Their Parents' Gold Standard (October 9, 2007)
High-Tech Revolution Remaking Rural India (October 1, 2007)
India's Long-Established Ties With Iran Straining Alliance With U.S. (September 20, 2007)
Plan for Sea Canal Puts Hindu Belief In Sharp Relief (September 18, 2007)
The Long Reach of India's TV News (September 12, 2007)
Ferrying the Night Owls Who Fix the World's Glitches (August 30, 2007)
Dissent Threatens U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Deal (August 26, 2007)
Indian Premier Seeks To Resolve Dispute Over Nuclear Deal (August 20, 2007)
Bus Expedites Wheels of Justice in Rural India (August 18, 2007)
A Humanizing Portrait of the Man Indians Call 'Father' (August 15, 2007)
Singh Defends Nuclear Deal (August 14, 2007)
Pushbutton Gandhi: The Mahatma Goes Multimedia (August 21, 2006)
Group Urges Disaster Planning for Pregnant Women, Babies (August 17, 2006)
House Panel Examines the Future of English (July 26, 2006)
Passengers Rescued From Sinking Ship Near Alaska (July 26, 2006)