The world needs to take notice as 1.2 billion Asian voters go to the polls. how much is at stake?

COCO Martin is a Filipino Everyman. In person, he’s shorter than you’d expect. Disarming; he’s also trim, handsome (but not too handsome) with an empathetic smile and warm eyes.

Thailand’s young voters look to the future, not the past.

Hail to the farmer? Farmer suicides in rural India highlight a growing divide.

SIX years ago, Irshad Ali’s family was forced to flee their home in Muzaffarnagar, in northern Uttar Pradesh (UP). They were among 50,000 Muslims who were displaced after the riots that killed 62 and injured scores of others. Muzaffarnagar has a population of over 500,000, of which more than 40% are Muslims.

Poetry and peda, in the midst of the Kumbh Mela. Laddoos or Barfi? UP is spoilt for political choice.

Caste and Tamil nationalism collide in the Indian election around South India.

South-East Asia must keep a close eye on this overlooked giant.

The Philippines is playing a fierce game of catch-up, thanks to the son of the assassinated Benigno Aquino Jr.

Great books remind us that our lives and collective history is more meaningful than the petty ambitions and bickering of leaders.

What’s striking is how much more advanced the republic’s elections have become, with the General Elections Commission uploading a photograph of each of the result forms from all 479,000 voting stations.

Our Government must show the world that Malaysia will not take a backseat.