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Snigdhendu BhattacharyaThe Diplomat |
Forty years since the deadly gas leak, survivors’ drawn-out battle for justice has become a quest to set a precedent of accountability.
The electoral victories will embolden the BJP to go on the offensive in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.
Harappa has proved to be a hurdle before Hindu nationalists’ Vedic Aryan superiority theory.
The results also indicate a triumph of Kashmir’s mainstream political forces over separatist sympathizers.
Its overwhelming grip over institutions has been possible because in the century gone by the RSS has transformed into a massive banyan tree that...
Many statues like those of Mujibur Rahman were defaced for political reasons. But targeting sculptures like that of Lady Justice lay bare the...
Amid a surge in anti-India sentiment, Bangladeshis accuse India of opening the floodgates of a dam without warning, and demand better transboundary...
Leaders are making unscientific claims of imaginary technological achievements and exaggerated ideas about ancient Indian knowledge systems to build a...
The marathon celebration over Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son Anant’s wedding could go down in history as one of the most expensive – in both cash...
Irregularities in two top competitive exams have revived the federalism debate in India.
The opposition has alleged that exit polls were used to inflate the share market temporarily.
Modi will need to set aside some Hindu nationalist goals to hold on to the support of his secular allies in government.
Results show that Muslims and Christians largely consolidated behind the Congress and its allies.
Modi's BJP lost its majority, meaning it will be heavily dependent on allies this term.
In the ten years he has been India’s prime minister Modi has faced only one press conference – in 2019, when he let his colleague Amit Shah answer...
Even as India reels under a series of heatwaves and forest fires, environment and climate change issues are barely mentioned in campaign speeches and...
The BJP’s power play in the western Indian state has generated sympathy for the opposition alliance. The latter is, however, organizationally weak.
The region, a stronghold of Hindu nationalism since the 1960s, has been Modi’s fortress. But the BJP seems less sure of success this year.
At an election rally, he said that the opposition would redistribute wealth among “infiltrators” and “those who have many children,” an...
The upcoming general election is the first in J&K since the Modi government’s controversial decision in August 2019 to revoke its autonomy and strip...
The loss of their grazing lands to Chinese incursions and Indian corporations has prompted Ladakhis to oppose the BJP government’s top-down...
The revelations about the scheme are striking, but corruption alone has rarely brought down governments in India.
Two of the commissioners in the three-member body that will conduct elections have recently been appointed by the ruling party.
In previous elections, Muslim votes have tended to split among secular parties facilitating the BJP’s victory. Will that change?
Over the past week, the Congress party has sealed seat-sharing deals with AAP and the SP. Will it clinch a deal with the TMC too?
The BJP government has weakened a suite of progressive laws that were enacted by the previous Congress-led administration.
Hindu nationalists say that Muslims should give up their claims to mosques on disputed sites to settle conflicts amicably.
Thirty-seven legislators, including India’s junior minister for external affairs, were administered an oath by the chief of the Arambai Tenggol.
Their decisions seem bold, given that the BJP’s rise has prompted many of them earlier to adopt strategies seeking to appease the Hindu majority.
“As long as Hasina retains power, every election in Bangladesh will involve extensive irregularities, making the much-anticipated level-playing...
The region is expected to suffer the most significant impacts of changing water availability this century. Yet tight-fisted governments are quibbling...