Nikhil Kumar

Kumar is an executive editor at TIME, overseeing AI, climate, and health coverage. He was previously TIME’s South Asia bureau chief.

Recent Articles

Can Bangladesh Curb Blogger Bloodshed?

More than 11,000 people have been arrested in Bangladesh since June 10, as the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks to stem a three-year campaign of machete attacks by Islamic extremists on bloggers, religious...

By Nikhil Kumar

Afghan Taliban Appoint New Leader

Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada takes over after the last Taliban chief was killed by a U.S. drone

By Nikhil Kumar

Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Killed in U.S. Drone Strike

Mansour only took charge of the group last year, when it emerged that the Taliban’s longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had died in Pakistan in 2013

By Nikhil Kumar

Extremist Violence Grows in Bangladesh

The murder of an LGBT activist on April 25 is only the latest in a series of targeted killings by suspected Islamist extremists in Bangladesh since 2013

By Nikhil Kumar and Rishi Iyengar

Why Nepal Is Still in Rubble

Thousands died when a 7.8-magnitude quake hit Nepal on April 25, 2015. But thanks to political dysfunction, reconstruction has been slow

By Nikhil Kumar / Sindhupalchok

James Nachtwey: A Year After the Devastating Earthquake

“It was surprising to see just how little had been done over the course of the year."

By Nikhil Kumar

Nepal’s Man-Made Disaster

A year after a devastating quake, politics has kept the country in ruins

By James Nachtwey and Nikhil Kumar

India’s Jobs Deficit

Young Indians scramble 
to find decent work

By Nikhil Kumar/New Delhi

Reforms Take a Backseat as India's Modi Seeks to Win Over Rural Masses

With an eye on upcoming electoral contests, the Indian government's latest annual budget offered a boost for farmers instead of the bold economic reforms sought by investors

By Nikhil Kumar and Swati Gupta

The Arrest of a Student Leader Spotlights India’s Battle for Free Speech

Set in a tranquil, 400-hectare sprawl on the edge of the ancient Aravalli hills that skirt southern New Delhi, the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a world apart from the Indian capital. Drive...

By Nikhil Kumar/New Delhi

Survivors of Pakistan Attack Recall Chaos and Gunfire

One survivor's friend was still “sleeping when militants opened fire and killed him”

By Abdur Razzaq / Charsadda and Nikhil Kumar

India's Modi Makes a Surprise Visit to Pakistan

With a last-minute stopover in Lahore on Christmas Day, Modi became the first Indian leader to visit Pakistan in over a decade

By Nikhil Kumar / New Delhi

Modi Needs His Mojo

How the Indian leader can get his bold plans for his country back on track after a setback


By Nikhil Kumar/Patna

India's Need for Coal Complicates Paris Summit

New Delhi's cheap, dirty electricity could put it at odds with other countries at the UN climate negotiations

By Nikhil Kumar/New Delhi

Meet the Nenet Kids of Siberia

The children of the nomadic Nenet people spend half of the year in boarding schools

By Nikhil Kumar

India's Modi Concedes Defeat in Crucial State Elections

The BJP's performance in the northern Indian state of Bihar could make it harder for Modi to govern India

By Nikhil Kumar / New Delhi

Secular Publisher Slain in Latest Bangladesh Attack

The latest in a string of killings by suspected Islamist radicals chills free-speech in Bangladesh

By Nikhil Kumar / New Delhi

The Rise of Islamist Terror in Bangladesh

Niladry Chattopadhya was in his apartment in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, around noon on Aug. 7, when there was a knock on his door. “Without opening the door, I asked, ‘Who is it?'” remembers...

By Nikhil Kumar

Inside Nepal's Bloody Fuel Crisis

Across Nepal, food prices have climbed as a growing political dispute over a new constitution hits the flow of fuel and essential goods into the landlocked Himalayan nation, still recovering from a devastating earthquake in...

By Nikhil Kumar

Meet Bangladesh's Teenage Surf Girls

Surf has given them an opportunity to dream of a better future

By Nikhil Kumar
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