Beyond the BJP/Congress dichotomy: Reflecting on the possibilities of a Third FrontElectoral coalitions have remained a feature of Indian politics since 1989. The present government, led by Narendra Modi, is a coalition...
India’s TsuNaMo: Modi’s Triumph Signals Departure of Secularism and DiversityIndia’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is heading for a landslide victory in the just-concluded elections. Under the leadership of...
Ensure voting rights for migrant labourAs Indians gear up for elections in April, approximately 60 million men and women, crisscrossing the country as migrant workers, will be...
Conflict over Kashmir: A web of complicityDr Indrajit Roy, expert in the politics of the Global South, and Zahid Ullah, a PhD student studying violent extremism in Pakistan, both...
Lalu Yadav Might Be Halted, But Laluwad Will Not BeWith the arrest of Lalu Yadav, the ruling BJP appears to have scored a major political victory. A key locus of opposition politics stands...
Trump and Modi: birds of the same feather, but with different world viewsDonald Trump’s election as the 45th US president illustrates the global ascendance of the political right. Comparisons with Indian prime...