I was in India for a week: NYT journalist faces backlash over opinion on Delhi protests

The New York Times journalist Lydia Polgreen's column on protests in New Delhi has drawn criticism from Indian commentators, who questioned whether a brief visit and conversations at a couple of protest sites can support sweeping conclusions about the political mood of a country of 1.4 billion people.

A week in New Delhi, two protest sites and a sweeping conclusion about India's political mood. US-based journalist Lydia Polgreen's opinion piece in The New York Times, arguing that protests in India should worry US President Donald Trump, has drawn ... [5709 chars]