About Chris

Chris is the Mumbai Correspondent at the Financial Times. He has written widely on politics, business, conflict, crime and climate change. Chris previously covered South Asia for Bloomberg and Businessweek magazine and managed news bureaus in Nigeria and Pakistan. He holds a journalism MA from City University London.

Selected Stories

The Staged Bomb Scare That Backfired on Mumbai’s Notorious Cops

How Pakistan’s Most Feared Power Broker Controlled a Violent Megacity From London

Asia's Richest Man Sells the World a Green Dream Built on Coal

Why Retiring in India No Longer Requires Living With the Kids

Ambani’s Plan to Upend Indian Finance Lands With a Thud

Bengaluru Grapples With Fallout From India’s Breakneck Growth

Netflix, Bollywood and India's Biggest Companies Take a Stand for LGBTQ Inclusion

Contaminated Drugs, Shredded Papers: US FDA Uncovers Failures in India Pharma Factories

Imran Khan Faces ‘End of the Road’ as Pakistan Army Cracks Down

Errors, Inaction Sent a Deadly Covid Variant Around the World

Bollywood Is Threatened by India's Other Movie-Making Powerhouse

GM Thought Operating in India Was Tough. Getting Out Is Even Harder

Asia's Richest Man Challenges China in Show of Support for Modi

Deadly Heat in India Is a Warning of Global Catastrophes to Come

Depleted Hospitals Rely on Sri Lankan Expats to Fly in Medicine

Monkeypox Cases Driven ‘Underground’ by Anti-Gay Stigma

Sri Lanka Inc. Wants President Gone as Crisis Worsens

India’s Race to Vaccinate Its Villages Meets With Rural Resistance

India’s Covid Catastrophe Shows World the Danger of Complacency

Drug Regulators Turn to Zoom-Style Plant Inspections During the Pandemic

Bin Laden Hunt and Robot Conspiracy Theories Test Pakistan Vaccine Drive

The Economic Pressures Behind the Latest India-Pakistan Clash

Controversy Swirls Around India’s Homegrown Covid Vaccine

Graveyard of the Bankers: An Investor's Journey Into Afghanistan

Facing Trump Attacks, Pakistan's Military Seeks Peace With India

On the Campaign Trail With Imran Khan

Military Tightens Grip on Pakistan's Media Ahead of Polls

Deadly Air Pollution Becomes a Common Enemy for India and Pakistan

Cash Can't Fix the Nigerian Village Ruined by Shell's Oil

Big Brands Sponsor Raves in Pakistan

Oil's Plunge Awakens Violence in Nigeria

Train Across Nigeria Shows President Jonathan’s Mixed Rule

Bribes, Debt, $100 Billion Lost: Nigeria Can't Keep the Power On

Get in touch

chris.kay@ft.com

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