Two BJ-ruled states, Haryana and Rajasthan, have altered the electoral law governing local bodies in a manner that was unprecedented in India but which has not received a lot of attention.
An interfaith symposium in Ujjain highlights one of the unique features of the NDA government’s international relations—putting religion at the heart of India’s cultural diplomacy.
Narendra Modi’s rhetoric shifted from religion to development and subnationalism. But his regional identity was still defined in religious terms.
A quarter century ago, Indian National Congress dominance in New Delhi began to give way to two distinct political forces—the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and a wide-ranging collection of regional political parties.
India must begin to take Trump seriously and assess the sources and consequences of America’s changing worldview.
The last quarterly survey by the Labour Bureau showed that India has not created so few jobs since the survey started in 2009.
The idea that India must unilaterally cede a veto to China over its partnership with America reveals an enduring strategic diffidence in Delhi. It also shows little awareness of either China’s geopolitical tradition or of modern India’s diplomatic practice.
The deeply fractured Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is more concerned with the situation in the Middle East than the status of Jammu and Kashmir.
Modi has turned the previous UPA government’s China policy on its head.
The Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement would help Indian forces, especially its navy, to operate far from subcontinental shores at a moment when New Delhi has to secure its widely dispersed interests in the Indian Ocean and beyond.