‘A kind of electoral long Covid’ has left its mark on countries around the world that went to the polls
The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively
With general elections only weeks away, opposition parties seem weak and demoralised
Yogi Adityanath has stirred controversy since his surprise appointment in 2017 as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India home to over 200 million people
Democratic countries that are committed to human rights must take decisive action to pressure India to quell its abuses and protect minority communities.
Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t
Oxygen, hospital bed and medication shortages have left thousands dead. But the ruling party lets millions gather at religious festivals and remains on the campaign trail
More than 263-million cultivators and labourers have joined the rights movement against the Modi government’s laws that will push people further into poverty
A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India ill-equipped to manage the pandemic
A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India
ill-equipped to manage the pandemic
In India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?
By threatening students and academics, the Indian government seeks to create a compliant nation. But it is also a push towards disaster
A recent court verdict over a disputed religious site gives a legal green light to Modi’s majoritarianism
The revocation of the contested territory’s special status marks a dangerous Hindu-nationalist shift
The Indian leader’s party is backed by a Hindu nationalist movement and dominates Parliament
After four hours of counting the 600 million votes cast, Election Commission data showed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party clearly in the lead
A senior leader of India’s main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has called for a overhaul of the party leadership.
Walking the crowded back streets of Mumbai, observing disputes over tap water and choked drains and asking people for their votes is a new role for Me
India’s politicians contesting in the general election, fearful of shoes hurled at them by disgruntled voters, have asked for more security.
India will hold general elections next month, officials said on Monday, kick-starting a frenetic campaign for the 700-million votes up for grabs.
A shock of thick black hair was all that peeped out from under a white sheet that covered a small body Wednesday at a morgue in Jaipur after serial bomb blasts killed about 80 people. Eight bombs went off within minutes of each other in crowded markets close to several Hindu temples in what police said was a terror attack.
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/ 23 December 2007
Controversial Hindu nationalist party leader Narendra Modi swept back to power in India’s religiously divided Gujarat state on Sunday in what was called a national victory over the rival Congress party. The Congress loss in the Hindu nationalist bastion, though widely expected, was its fourth setback in regional polls this year.