Alex Travelli

Pakistan has embarked on a major offensive to reshape its image abroad as a reliable partner to the West (and the Trump administration in particular) and as a diplomatic power at the crossroads of Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. Part of that strategy is through media and the creation of private English-language news outlets backed by the government and security agencies. The initial goal was to counter India's narratives during any upcoming conflict. But when Pakistan finds itself at the center of attention, as it does now amid rumors of US-Iran talks in the country, it's another sharp tool to leverage. Our story with @zalmayzia nytimes.com/2026/03/24/wor…

@Criticastery @nytimes We're talking gross amounts, not proportion of the economy. But thank you for that amazing figure from Tajikistan. Nepal is another country with a much higher proportion than India's.

Corr. @travelli @nytimes 24 Mar 26, p 1: #Tajikistan, not #India, is ‘the world’s largest recipient of remittances from workers abroad’. Dushanbe, not Delhi, receives from Tajik expatriates almost 45-49% GDP (was 39% in 2023), amounting to $5.8bn in 2024.

Impact of AI in India is very visible and it will be more visible in months and years to come. India Built the World’s Back Office. A.I. Is Starting to Shrink It. nytimes.com/2026/02/27/tec…

Over the past year, as the RSS prepared to mark 100 years, we spoke to the group’s leaders, attended its conclaves, and spent time in its shakhas to understand its grip on India. nytimes.com/2025/12/26/wor…

@nyttypos So, should we file this under "less-useful advice" or is it "less useful advice," please?

Typo 26 of the day: hyphenating less skilled is a style guide violation. The Times only hyphenates less to avoid ambiguity, and less can’t be read to modify workers because workers is a count noun. @travelli

47 typos and style guide violations the day before yesterday (I skipped yesterday). Typos 1 and 2 of the day: were and need are subject-verb-agreement errors because nouns preceded by as well as or bracketed by em dashes aren’t subjects. @JohnHMcWhorter, cc @jfidelino_nyt

India has a teeming population of able-bodied workers, tens of millions more than its employers can accommodate. Many other countries have the opposite problem: more jobs than workers. @travelli India’s Most Valuable Export: Tens of Millions of Workers nytimes.com/2025/10/24/bus…

"A generation of students in India pinned hopes and family savings on careers that once soared on H-1B visas allowing work in the United States." -- @travelli @suhasiniraj

I am very Happy to see Trump sharing a page of The Hindu! I love it. @the_hindu @realDonaldTrump

NOW: Happy to again be guest hosting for @NewsHour Weekend. Tonight: - Update on the Kirk assassination - On-the-ground reporting from Nepal with the excellent @travelli - A way to prevent suicide: comedy. 1degreeofseparation.life - And the great David Bowie archives. (I'm a fan.)

Sushila Karki, a former Supreme Court chief justice who was appointed as interim leader, made speed a priority in a process that other jurists deem unconstitutional. @nytimes @travelli nytimes.com/2025/09/13/wor…

The Nepali Army was the only institution left standing to negotiate with the people behind the uprising. That has put the army, an internationally famous fighting force, in an unfamiliar position. @travelli nytimes.com/2025/09/11/wor…

Protesters set fire to government buildings and the homes of politicians as unrest over corruption, censorship and economic issues stretched into a second day. Here comes @nytimes report w/@travelli and @thomasfullerNYT nytimes.com/2025/09/09/wor…

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President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs landed like a declaration of economic war on India undercutting enormous investments made by American companies to hedge their dependency on China. @travelli India Was the Economic Alternative to China.Trump Ended That nytimes.com/2025/09/01/bus…

.@travelli concludes that “Indian and American cooperation around China is no longer something that anyone can count on.” nytimes.com/2025/08/06/bus…

This is what President Trump wants Apple to do in the US. What is happening in this part of India shows both why that sounds attractive and why it will probably not happen.@travelli Trump Wants America to Make iPhones. Here’s How India Is Doing It. nytimes.com/2025/06/30/bus…

Creating a manufacturing ecosystem takes decades. India is just beginning to create an ecosystem that will allow Apple to expand its production base in India. So I agree with the conclusion of the @nytimes piece by @travelli on the dangling of the Apple threat, which I quote below. "Two people in contact with the Indian trade negotiators, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said they did not believe that India was at risk of losing Apple’s business. They added that it was unthinkable to them that the United States would be ready to compete with India’s advantages in manufacturing. Instead, they said, it must be a bargaining tactic." nytimes.com/2025/05/22/bus…

But strategically, d battlefield tossup was a clear setback for India. An aspiring diplomatic & economic power, it now finds itself equated with Pakistan,a smaller,weaker country that Indian officials call a rogue sponsor of terrorism. @MujMash @travelli nytimes.com/2025/05/18/wor…

Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war. @travelli @saifhasnat nytimes.com/2025/05/06/bus…

An abundance of motivated young professionals is luring American businesses to base their global operations in Indian cities. @travelli @HariNYT Photos: @GabrielaBhaskar nytimes.com/2025/03/26/bus…