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  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a saffron cap, greets supporters from an open vehicle
    General election in Modi's India

    "Muslims are the principal target"

    With elections on 19 April, India looks set to re-elect Narendra Modi's BJP party, greenlighting an ongoing process of Hinduisation on the subcontinent. The persecution of Muslims and other minorities will intensify. Yet India has little to fear in the way of criticism from its Western allies, says political scientist Achin Vanaik

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks serious as he stands at a lectern covered in flowers
    2024 General election in India

    A third term for Hindu nationalism?

    As the world's largest democracy gets ready to vote in the upcoming general election, Narendra Modi and his BJP look set to win a third consecutive term in power. Critics warn, however, that if the BJP wins another election victory, it will continue reshaping the country into a Hindu state.

  • Kashmir: Back to life

    After years of rioting and turmoil, Kashmir is once again open for business. Yet foreign tourists remain hesitant, their uncertainty driven by security concerns. By Eric Lafforgue

  • A group of Kashmiri Muslim men attending Friday prayers
    India's pro-Israel shift

    Muslims barred from supporting Palestinians

    From Western capitals to Muslim states, protest rallies over the Israel-Hamas war have made headlines. But one place known for its vocal pro-Palestinian stance has been conspicuously quiet: Indian-controlled Kashmir

  • Unusual public criticism of India by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada has once again focused international attention on the movement for a separate Sikh state.
    Modi's Hinduisation of India

    The curse of identity politics

    Unusual public criticism of India by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada has once again focused international attention on the movement for a separate Sikh state. By Mohammad Luqman

  • Indian authorities are downplaying inconvenient macroeconomic facts so that they can celebrate seemingly flattering headline figures while hosting the G20 summit. But in covering up the growing struggles faced by the vast majority of Indians, they are playing a cynical and dangerous game.
    India's fake growth story

    The economy according to Modi

    Indian authorities downplayed inconvenient macroeconomic facts so that they could celebrate seemingly flattering headline figures as hosts of the G20 summit. But in covering up the growing struggles faced by the vast majority of Indians, they are playing a cynical and dangerous game. By Ashoka Mody

  • State-issued invites sent to guests of this week's G20 meeting referred to India's president, Droupadi Murmu, as "President of Bharat". Is the country of more than 1.4 billion now to be called by its ancient Sanskrit name?
    Is it India? Is it Bharat?

    Modi government pushes for Sanskrit name

    It began with a dinner invitation. How it ends could affect more than a billion people. State-issued invites sent to guests of this week's G20 meeting referred to India's president, Droupadi Murmu, as "President of Bharat". Is the country of more than 1.4 billion now to be called by its ancient Sanskrit name?

  • The revisions have sparked a national debate in Indian media and academic circles.
    Historical revisionism in India

    Modi rewrites the history books

    The Indian government under Narendra Modi has altered textbooks to remove references to Mahatma Gandhi's opposition to Hindu nationalism and other controversial issues. By Adil Bhat

  • Although Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements, unfortunately they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas.
    India and the BJP

    The Modi decade

    From the expansion of India's infrastructure to rapid technological diffusion, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements. Unfortunately, writes Shashi Tharoor, they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas

  • Narendra Modi and Hindutva

    Why violence towards India's minorities is increasing

    To what extent is Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government endangering India's founding principle as a secular state? Sonja Hegasy spoke to social anthropologist and political analyst S. M. Faizan Ahmed in Delhi

  • Nearly 2 million people in India's Assam state – over 5% of the region's population – are staring at a future where they could be stripped of their citizenship if they are unable to prove they are Indian.
    Identity politics in Modi's India

    The need to prove you're Indian

    Nearly 2 million people in India's Assam state – over 5% of the region's population – are staring at a future where they could be stripped of their citizenship if they are unable to prove they are Indian. Sheikh Saaliq and Shonal Ganguly report

  • From 7 September 2022 to 30 January 2023, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's death, Rahul Gandhi walked 4,000 km through 12 states, 75 districts and 2 union territories from the south of India to the contested north, demonstrating against the government’s divisive policies and rhetoric under Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
    India opposition and the Bharat Jodo Yatra

    Rahul Gandhi marches for unity

    From September 2022 to January 2023, Rahul Gandhi walked the length of India to demonstrate against Narendra Modi and the BJP's divisive policies and rhetoric. Sentenced to two years for 'Modi' defamation on 24 March, Gandhi has now been stripped of his parliamentary mandate. Sonja Hegasy met with political observer S. M. Faizan Ahmed, who joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Delhi

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