What started as a humorous tweet inspired a movement to force political change in India.
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The Hindu nationalist party overcame West Bengal’s traiditional pluralism with its message of ‘Hindus under threat’.
It was a rare defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which signals an opposition not afraid to stand up to him, even on politically delicate issues.
Roy’s portrait of her terrifying yet courageous mother is at the centre of this memoir, which charts her own embrace of danger as an activist-writer.
India’s constitution always gave the executive a great deal of power, but the diversity of the country’s electorate has ensured that this power has been diluted.
Modi’s appointed experts have helped craft a narrative that combines India’s technological advancement with Hindu nationalism.
Modi’s BJP slipped to a humbling defeat in its electoral stronghold in India’s north.
Economic insecurity is one factor that drives populism, a former politician from Hungary writes.
Charging one of India’s best-known public intellectuals sends a message to all Modi critics.
India remains a powerful economic force.
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
The government’s alleged targeting of opposition figures, as well as a new system allowing anonymous donations to political parties, is believed to have given the BJP a huge edge.
This announcement by U.S. authorities could have potential ramifications for Indian politics, both at home and abroad, and could spur separatist activities in the Sikh diaspora.
Reports of an alleged Indian plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist in the United States could undermine India-U.S. relations and both country’s efforts to counter China’s growing influence.
A survey of over 600 teens and young adults across India found boys are more politically engaged than girls and also less aware of the barriers women face to becoming active in politics.
Arundhati Roy’s prosecution is just one of a series of actions by Narendra Modi’s government against its opponents – including journalists, activists, students and opposing politicians.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar is one of three high-profile Sikh political activists to be killed in recent months.
The move to rename India as ‘Bharat’ is part of a push by the Hindu nationalist right to create an ideologically pure state that in reality never existed.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition politicians are courting the diaspora in the run-up to next year’s elections in India. What role does the diaspora play in Indian politics?
India has stood apart from other major democracies in failing to offer a full-throated condemnation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Here’s why.
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