Latest articles on Narendra Modi

Covid-19’s silver lining: A taste of a post-development world

Article Casper Lӧtter - 4 Apr 2020

The coronavirus epidemic has thrown issues such as gross income and ownership inequality into the spotlight, as we try to find ways to navigate through this crisis

Surviving Covid-19 — and Modi

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 27 Mar 2020

A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India ill-equipped to manage the pandemic

Democracy and charisma: A dangerous liaison

Analysis Walden Bello - 21 Jan 2020

In India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?

Modi attacks universities

Opinion Jayati Ghosh - 17 Jan 2020

By threatening students and academics, the Indian government seeks to create a compliant nation. But it is also a push towards disaster

The end of Gandhi’s India

Article Ramachandra Guha 1 - 3 Jan 2020

The current dispensation is becoming a majoritarian Hindu state as Narendra Modi promotes hatred and intolerance of Muslims and minorities

Democracy in India faces meltdown

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 27 Dec 2019

The nationalist government is using violence, repression an the law to deny Muslims citizenship

The onward march of Hindu nationalism

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 15 Nov 2019

A recent court verdict over a disputed religious site gives a legal green light to Modi’s majoritarianism

Healthcare system collapsing in Kashmir

Article Haris Zargar - 9 Sep 2019

With communication lines down, residents can’t call ambulances or schedule operations

Kashmir: Modi’s threat to India’s democracy

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 7 Aug 2019

The revocation of the contested territory’s special status marks a dangerous Hindu-nationalist shift

South Africa must avoid authoritarian solutions

Article Richard Pithouse - 17 Jul 2019

A nationalistic, gangster political faction is ready to exploit the crisis created by social inequality

ANC factions rely on silence from the poor

Article Richard Pithouse - 14 Jun 2019

Our history has shown that the exercise of democratic reason can shake power from below

India rubbish mountain to rise higher than Taj Mahal

Article Uzair Hasan Rizvi - 4 Jun 2019

Taking up the area of more than 40 football pitches, Ghazipur rises by nearly 10 metres a year with no end in sight to its foul-smelling growth

Modi victory secures illiberal, majority rule

Article Staff Reporter - 29 May 2019

The Indian leader’s party is backed by a Hindu nationalist movement and dominates Parliament

India’s Modi on course for big election win

Article Simon Sturdee - 23 May 2019

After four hours of counting the 600 million votes cast, Election Commission data showed Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party clearly in the lead

Modi declares India a ‘space superpower’

Article Jalees Andrabi - 29 Mar 2019

The Indian prime minister said his country had joined the United States, Russia and China

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