Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged major development projects in a visit to Kashmir last month. But many locals fear things will only worsen if the government is reelected.
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Modi’s party has struggled to generate jobs for young people, but is highly adept at marshalling votes to win elections.
The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
India needs to follow a path akin to China’s to find answers to its job woes.
A scholar of Hinduism explains the importance of the consecration ritual, which is believed to bring the presence of the divine into the temple.
India changed its visa rules after the 2008 Mumbai massacre to make it more difficult for Pakistanis to visit.
Modi is running for his third consecutive term of office, but many believe he plans to remain in power indefinitely.
The Ram temple, built on the site of a destroyed mosque, could be used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to mobilise his Hindu nationalist supporters ahead of the elections.
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.
India is far from posing a threat to American power the way China is now. But if the West elevates India at China’s expense, it will eventually have to contend with Indian challenges.
If it turns out India was involved in the death of a Sikh activist in Canada, it should be regarded not only as an extrajudicial killing but also as an act of state terror.
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.
India’s secessionist movements represent an existential crisis threatening everything India has worked towards for the past 76 years.
Today there are few countries in the Indo-Pacific which share so much in common, in both values and interests, than India and Australia. Andrew Charlton’s new book examines the possibilities.
The government’s use of the Hindi word for ‘India’ revives debates over whether Hindi should be the national language – and reopens some old wounds.
The G20 has its critics, but an expert on international politics explains why it still performs a useful function – particularly in this period of great geopolitical divisions.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of ‘credible allegations’ of Indian involvement in a Sikh leader’s death.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that India was involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen complicates efforts by Canada and its allies to woo India to counter-balance Chinese might.
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