The Diplomat

Democracy Disfigured: India’s Political Devolution

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi installs the Sengol at the new parliament building in New Delhi, May 28, 2023. Credit: Prime Minister Office of India On May 28, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Foreign Affairs

The Indian System Is Breaking Down

While attending a wedding in March, M. K. Stalin, the chief minister of India’s fastest-growing state, Tamil Nadu, made a peculiar request: “Earlier we used to say, take your time and have a baby. But ...
The Diplomat

What’s the Caste Census That India’s PM Modi Agreed to Under Opposition Pressure?

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (second from left) inaugurates the caste-based census in his ancestral village of Bakhtiarpur in Bihar, India, April 15, 2023. Credit: Wikipedia/Information and ...
The Conversation

The authoritarian leader’s playbook: how Narendra Modi captured India’s legal system and is rewriting the country’s history in his image

Sandhya Fuchs receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Wenner Gren Foundation and the Swiss National Fund On a crisp winter morning in February 2023, I meet one of my South Delhi neighbours, a ...
Indiatimes

The great Indian school paradox: Government enrolment dominates even as thousands of classrooms stand empty

India’s school system, at first glance, appears reassuringly intact. In 2024–25, government schools enrolled 121.6 million students, decisively ahead of 95.9 million in private unaided institutions, ...
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"Belittle India, defame Indian system of politics": Telangana BJP President slams Rahul Gandhi's comments in Germany

Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comments in Germany, saying they belittle India and defame its political system. Speaking to ANI, he ...