Population ‘explosion’ to low fertility: India’s demographic anxieties play out on women’s bodies

For the first time, India’s fertility rate has fallen to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1 necessary for a population ...
Reuters

India's birth control measures resonate among its Muslims, priests play a role

NEW DELHI/MORADABAD, India, April 12 (Reuters) - Syed Mohammed Talha says he is proud that his seven-year-old daughter attends a prestigious Montessori school in India’s national capital region. The ...
The Diplomat

Why Politicians Are Urging Indians to Have More Children

Until five months ago, the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh had a law that barred people with more than two children from contesting elections in local rural and urban bodies. Now, the state ...
Heartland

The Age of Underpopulation Is Here

The age of overpopulation is over. The age of underpopulation is here. After decades of warnings and fear about an overpopulation crisis, population is now rapidly declining in most of the world. The ...