Article ‘When He Had Cash, He Bought Books’ Patrick MacGill was a self-taught polymath, a celebrated poet and fiction-writer. He was also my grandfather. By Jo McGowan October 4, 2024 Politics Fiction Europe
Article A Letter from India In India, Narendra Modi didn't win the landslide victory he expected. That's a good thing. By Jo McGowan July 3, 2024 India Foreign Affairs
Article Seventeen Days Inside a Mountain The miners who rescued 41 trapped laborers in a collapsed Indian tunnel were fueled by solidarity, humility, and respect for nature. By Jo McGowan December 27, 2023 India Politics
Article When Literature Stood on Its Own "I loved Steinbeck's letters so much I want others to know about them too, for they recall an era when literature stood on its own." By Jo McGowan February 21, 2023 Letters History
Article Modi Backs Down After a year of nonviolent demonstrations, Indian farmers succeed in forcing the repeal of three laws that would have deregulated India’s agriculture sector. By Jo McGowan January 1, 2022 India
Article The Dalit Theologian Fr. Stan Swamy dedicated his life to serving the poor in India, fighting for the rights of the most marginalized members of society. By Jo McGowan July 20, 2021 India Social Justice Foreign Affairs