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John Reed

South Asia bureau chief

John Reed is the Financial Times’s South Asia bureau chief, based in New Delhi and covering business, economies, politics and society in India, Pakistan, and the region.

He joined the FT in 2000, working as a foreign correspondent and business reporter based in Bangkok, Jerusalem, London, Johannesburg, and Warsaw. John also contributed to the FT’s coverage of the war in Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, and the Israel-Hamas war of 2023. His work has won several awards, including from the New York Financial Writers' Association, the Society of Publishers in Asia, and a Gerald Loeb Award.

Email John Reed @JohnReedwrites  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    Modi’s BJP hopes peaceful election will strengthen hand in restive Kashmir

    Votes to be counted in first regional poll since contested Indian territory was stripped of autonomy

    Indian Border Security Force personnel stands guard as people wait a line to vote during the third and final phase of the assembly election in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    News in-depthIndian economy
    India’s economic mismatch: not enough jobs and not enough workers

    Employment crisis looms over Narendra Modi’s third term as opposition looks to unseat ruling BJP in regional polls

    Indian job-seekers attend a walk-in interview session at a state-level job fair organised by India’s Karnataka state government in Bengaluru
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    The key to India’s economy? Making women safer

    Amid protests about pervasive violence, economists say women play far too small a role in the country’s workforce

    Montage showing a protester holding a sign that says ‘No Protection, No Protector’, and scenes of vigils and rallies in India
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka’s Lenin-loving new president unsettles establishment

    Anura Kumara Dissanayake won election on promises to challenge IMF deal, cut taxes and crack down on corruption

    A montage of Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Communist party logo
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    ReviewFiction
    The Many Lives of Syeda X — life at the bottom of Delhi’s pyramid

    Neha Dixit’s vivid chronicle of an urban migrant’s struggle to survive plays out against the backdrop of modern India

    Women labourers clean and sort raisins at a market
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    ExplainerWar in Ukraine
    Tracking Ukraine’s battle against Russia in maps

    A visual guide to the war

    Montage of map of Ukraine and tanks
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    Sri Lanka
    Neo-Marxist Dissanayake upsets odds to win Sri Lanka presidency

    Outsider rides anti-establishment wave with pledge to root out dynastic corruption while abiding by $3bn IMF bailout

    Anura Kumara Dissanayake
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    BYD Co Ltd
    China’s BYD raises car export hopes in Pakistan after being spurned by India

    Planned assembly plant in the country would mark carmaker’s first venture into south Asia as it expands globally

    Several grey BYD electric vehicles are lined up inside an illuminated, tunnel-like structure within BYD's factory in Rayong, Thailand.
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    News in-depthSri Lanka
    Sri Lanka’s elite face voters’ judgment in first poll since plunge into economic crisis

    Leftist frontrunner promises crackdown on ‘corrupt’ politicians and calls for revisiting deals with IMF and bondholders

    Two boys walk past a large poster of incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe on a rubish-strewn street
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Hero MotoCorp Ltd
    India’s Hero to launch electric scooters in UK and Europe

    Chief Niranjan Gupta says launch into developed markets planned for mid-2025

    Niranjan Gupta poses for a photo in front of artwork
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    OutlookIndian politics & policy
    Where is Sheikh Hasina?

    A cloak of discretion is likely to surround the whereabouts of the deposed strongwoman — and by New Delhi’s design

    Sheikh Hasina
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Donald Trump
    Suspected Trump gunman sought — and failed — to help Ukraine fight Russia

    Ryan Routh had travelled to Kyiv to volunteer after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022

    Ryan Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    News in-depthIndian society
    Rise of the Indian tourist: travel industry pivots to next big market

    Higher incomes encourage more people to travel, echoing similar trend in China

    Two Indian tourists, dressed in colorful traditional attire, look out from a high observation deck in the Burj Khalifa, Dubai. The cityscape below features numerous skyscrapers and buildings.
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Global InsightIndian politics & policy
    Rahul Gandhi brings a different India to Washington

    With Modi on the defensive at home, his main rival is being seen with fresh eyes

    Rahul Gandhi speaks at the National Press Club on June 1 2023 in Washington, DC.
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Sovereign bonds
    Maldives hunts for bailout to avoid first Islamic sovereign debt default

    Bond price tumbles as investors fret archipelago nation will miss October payment

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Bangladesh
    US plans economic talks with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus

    Washington delegation hopes to encourage reforms that will restore economic growth

    Muhammad Yunus signs a document taking the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government in Dhaka on August 8
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Russia built covert trade channel with India, leaks reveal

    Files outline Moscow’s plan to spend rupees from oil sales on sensitive electronics for war effort

    A montage of a hand holding Indian bank notes, a plane, arrows and a computer chip
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Pakistan
    Pakistani businesses warn of internet disruptions amid fears of ‘firewall’ censorship

    Slow speeds and service disruptions hurt IT companies and rattle investors in one of country’s few standout sectors

    An IT technician works at a data centre in Karachi
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Global InsightIndian politics & policy
    Modi is becoming an expert in policy U-turns

    India’s leader promises grand reform — but without a majority his premiership is a diminished one

    India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honour to mark the country’s Independence Day, at the Red Fort
  • Sunday, 18 August, 2024
    News in-depthBangladesh
    India accuses Bangladesh’s interim leaders of failing to protect Hindus

    Rising tensions complicate attempts to mend a vital partnership after Sheikh Hasina was toppled

    Protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Indian politics & policy
    India’s Modi condemns ‘atrocities’ against women after doctor’s killing

    PM also urges neighbouring Bangladesh to ensure safety of minority Hindus after Sheikh Hasina’s ousting

    India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honour to mark the country’s Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Thursday
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Indian politics & policy
    India withdraws controversial broadcast bill after backlash

    Narendra Modi government’s climbdown points to weakened parliamentary mandate, analysts say

    People engrossed in their smartphones in Mumbai
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    Muhammad Yunus
    Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus calls for free speech and independent judiciary

    Interim government leader and Nobel laureate says Sheikh Hasina left behind ‘complete mess’

    Yunus sits surrounded by the family and officials
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Person in the News
    Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate charged with restoring peace in Bangladesh

    The octogenarian micro-lending pioneer has the fate of the world’s eighth-most populous country in his hands

    An elderly Indian man holds up his hand to wave
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Bangladesh
    Yunus warns against Bangladesh anarchy

    Nobel Peace Prize winner sworn in as head of interim government leader after appeal for end to violence

    Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus arriving at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport
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