Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Rural-urban disparity has grown in India and resulted in the political mobilization of peasant and labor unions. This shows the failure of the Hindutva movement to recognize social divisions.
The shrinking of police forces in India has resulted in some state governments contracting out the enforcement of law and order to vigilantes.
In India, looking at reservations as an employment scheme is self-defeating because government jobs represent only a small percent of workers.
Today, by welcoming a large number of ex-Congressmen, the BJP is adopting the party-building pattern that was the main weakness of the Congress in the 1950's.
The way Narendra Modi’s party swept the polls in Uttar Pradesh calls to mind Indira Gandhi. Both leaders have been responsible for the rise of their parties because they epitomize two variants of populism.
The crisis of the dominant castes is more moral than social.
The Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh, a paramilitary volunteer organization in India, no longer relies solely on grassroots growth. Its groundwork is now supplemented by statism.
For those who read every line of India’s latest Economic Survey, the situation is alarming. For those who read in-between the lines, it is disturbing.
After retiring as Pakistan’s chief of army staff, Raheel Sharif is taking over as director of a Saudi Arabia-led alliance against terrorism. This will help re-establish goodwill between the countries.
Lower castes have been hurt by the crisis of India’s agriculture, causing a flow of migrants to towns and cities. This shift requires the creation of eight million jobs a year, which India has not supplied.