Modi and the political party he represents are adherents of Hindutva, an ideology. It is fundamentally different from the faith, Hinduism.
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India’s re-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a victory speech that presented himself as a selfless and humble ascetic. This vision goes far to promote a Hindu nationalist ‘new’ India.
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A panel of academic experts assess Narendra Modi's victory in the final episode of our India Tomorrow series.
In Narendra Modi, India has found a development messiah.
The Bharatiya Janata Party of Narendra Modi has claimed victory in the world’s biggest democratic exercise.
India has always been a nation of multiple faiths but the BJP government, which is favoured to be returned this week as winner of the general election, is eroding the country’s Muslim heritage.
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Part six of The Anthill podcast's India Tomorrow series focuses on the concerns of young Indians.
This is a transcript of part 6 of India Tomorrow, focusing on India’s huge population of young people.
Modi has had mixed successes in delivering on big promises to transform India’s economy.
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, rode to power in 2014 promising economic transformation.
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Part five of India Tomorrow takes a look at India’s economy.
India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls
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The world's largest democracy will see its biggest young voter turnout since gaining independence 72 years ago, with millions delivering their verdict on Narendra Modi's BJP government.
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🎧 Part 4 of India Tomorrow digs into what life is like for women in India.
Explaining the equipment and the process by which hundreds of millions of ballots are collected and counted in India.
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We focus on Kashmir in the third part of our India Tomorrow podcast series: its history, the lives of its people, and the conflict over its future.
This is a transcript of episode three of The Anthill podcast series India Tomorrow on Kashmir.
India’s parliamentary elections, now underway, will show how social media is affecting Indian society and government.
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The second part of this series from The Anthill podcast looks at the trajectories of Hindu nationalism in India.
Colossal public monuments to Hinduism are going up across India, sending an ominous message to the country’s 260 million religious minorities.
Can India’s current prime minister Narendra Modi win the upcoming election? It’s hard to say. India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but growth has slowed and fake news is rife.
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Host of The Anthill Podcast, The Conversation
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) and Senior Vice-President, Monash University
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Professor of Development Economics, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, Department of Humanity and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor, Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of Northern Colorado
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Head of department, University of Staffordshire
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Professor of Gender & Development, University of East Anglia
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Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Reader in Agrarian and Labour studies, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of History, University of California, Davis
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Reader, Westminster Law School, University of Westminster
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Professor, English and Cultural Studies; Director, Centre for Global Peace, Justice and Health, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London