Modi’s BJP slipped to a humbling defeat in its electoral stronghold in India’s north.
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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.
Claiming Hinduism represents India’s “true” identity, nationalists have targeted religious minorities and government critics, labelling them as threats to India.
India remains a powerful economic force.
Modi has resorted to overtly Islamophobic language as he looks to secure a third term in office.
There are a few factors that may explain why support for Modi’s party has waned.
The ruling BJP failed to see that those who had not benefited from the country’s rapid economic growth were deeply unhappy.
Narendra Modi and his BJP have some introspection to do after poorer election results than they had expected.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was formed in 1925 to unite Hindus. Today, its far-right nationalist ideology has gone mainstream thanks to Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
On today’s Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast, political scientist Sikata Banerjee and cinema studies scholar Rakesh Sengupta explain how cinema and social media in India may be helping to sway voters.
Listen to Indrajit Roy talk about hope and politics in India on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The Indian prime minister made reference to communities that have “too many children” in a veiled reference to Muslims.
Narendra Modi looks set to win a third term in power. One of his strategies for success is to exploit the country’s religious differences.
New research examines the organisational reasons why Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been so successful at winning elections since 2014.
Modi has aimed to improve the lives of ordinary Indians, but some are still finding jobs hard to come by.
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.
Over the past decade, I have documented the erosion of India’s once robustly democratic legal system as part of Prime Minister Modi’s ‘authoritarian playbook’
Ahead of elections in India, a series of films that promote the ruling party’s right-wing ideology are seeking to influence voters. An art historian explains how the trend started.
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