R. Suryamurthy

R. Suryamurthy is a Contributing Editor at South Asian Herald. He has worked for The Telegraph, The Tribune, and Press Trust of India.

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Diaspora

Buffalo Fights Are Back – Polygamists, Not So Much

India's state legislatures had a busy year. Not with mundane matters such as inflation, jobs or potholes. Those, apparently, can wait. Instead, lawmakers across the country spent 2025 grappling with…

By R. Suryamurthy · June 1, 2026

Diplomacy

When Energy Becomes Strategy

When Marco Rubio told reporters before his India visit that Washington wanted to sell India “as much energy as they’ll buy,” it was more than a commercial pitch. It was…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 31, 2026

Economy

New Delhi, Washington Push Trade Deal Despite Tariff Shock

A high-level United States trade delegation will arrive in New Delhi next week for four days of negotiations aimed at finalizing an interim trade agreement and advancing the proposed India-U.S.…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 27, 2026

Community

India’s $14 Billion Gaming Tax Shock

India’s Supreme Court has delivered a ruling that could reverberate far beyond the country’s borders, dealing a potentially multi-billion-dollar blow to one of the world’s fastest-growing online gaming markets and…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 27, 2026

Economy

Modi, Al Nahyan Push for Strategic Economic Corridor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates on May 15 unfolded less as a ceremonial diplomatic engagement and more as a calibrated attempt by both countries to…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 15, 2026

AI

US Senator’s Temple Remark Triggers Visa Storm

The political storm unleashed by Missouri Republican Senator Eric Schmitt over Hyderabad’s Chilkur Balaji Temple — popularly known as the “Visa Temple” — is rapidly evolving into something far larger…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 15, 2026

Diplomacy

BRICS Ministers Meet Amid Rising Energy Anxiety

India’s stewardship of the 2026 BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi is emerging not merely as a routine diplomatic exercise before the September Leaders’ Summit, but as an early…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 14, 2026

South Asia

Global Uncertainty Shapes Modi Visit

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a five-nation diplomatic tour spanning the United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy between May 15 and 20, policymakers, exporters and strategic…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 14, 2026

Diaspora

India’s Gold Bill Balloons After UAE Duty Cuts

India’s sharp rise in gold imports since the signing of the India-UAE trade agreement has come under renewed scrutiny, with trade think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) backing Prime…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 12, 2026

Diaspora

What Two Decades of Market Data Reveal About India and the US

The widening divergence between Indian and American equity market performance over the past two decades is increasingly forcing Indian investors and wealth managers to confront an uncomfortable reality: while India’s…

By R. Suryamurthy · May 12, 2026