Kai Schultz is a reporter in the South Asia bureau of The New York Times, based in New Delhi. He has reported from five countries in the region, covering everything from the murder of a troubadour in Rajasthan to counter-terrorism in the Maldives. He also wrote about India’s push to decriminalize gay sex under a colonial-era law called Section 377.
Before moving to India in 2016, Mr. Schultz lived in Kathmandu, Nepal, for one year, where he reported on Mount Everest, the investigation of crimes from the country’s Maoist civil war and the harvesting of a libido-boosting fungus in the Himalayas. Apart from The Times, he has also written for Foreign Policy and The Times of London.
In 2014, Mr. Schultz graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with an English degree. He grew up in Gilbert, Ariz., a farming town that quickly became a sprawling suburban metropolis.
Sachin Pilot, a prominent Congress politician, has been sidelined after being accused of bribing members to defect to Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
By Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj
The Indian authorities arrested dozens of people during a nationwide lockdown. Human rights groups say many of the detentions are based on scant evidence.
By Sameer Yasir and Kai Schultz
Censorship and politics are fracturing the global internet, isolating users and industries accustomed to ignoring national borders.
By Raymond Zhong and Kai Schultz
The country is weathering its worst invasion in more than two decades. With the monsoon season looming, scientists worry that the worst is yet to come.
By Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar
India’s women were already dropping out of the labor force. Coronavirus restrictions — and one of the worst economic slumps in decades — threaten even more losses for them.
By Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj
The Indian city of 20 million had not been threatened by a storm as strong as Cyclone Nisarga in 70 years.
By Sameer Yasir and Kai Schultz
Worried for its economy, India loosened tough restrictions and may lift them entirely this weekend. But infection numbers are climbing fast.
By Kai Schultz and Sameer Yasir
Millions fled, and several deaths have been reported, but for the moment, at least, residents say it appears it could have been much worse.
By Jeffrey Gettleman, Sameer Yasir, Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar
Residents in eastern India woke up in the middle of the night surrounded by a cloud of styrene vapor. Many couldn’t breathe.
By Jeffrey Gettleman, Suhasini Raj, Kai Schultz and Sameer Yasir
Over years of fighting, Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo recruited scores of young Kashmiris in an armed quest for independence from India. His death has set off a fresh wave of unrest.
By Sameer Yasir, Kai Schultz and Iqbal Kirmani