Our history has shown that the exercise of democratic reason can shake power from below
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
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
The Indian prime minister said his country had joined the United States, Russia and China
Across all countries and societies, access to health and healthcare services ought to be top priority
Activists have criticised the cost of the 182-metre high reproduction of the independence hero
Ayushman Bharat programme dubbed ‘Modicare’ promises to insure 500 million people across the country
We need to forge an embracing social awareness to counter South Africa’s inherent chauvinism
The call to arrest Narendra Modi in South Africa highlighted abuses against Muslims in India
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The Indian prime minister invokes peace icons across the globe, but is yet to condemn the acts of one of his key ministers
The liberal international order is being destroyed. And in the midst of this, Brics leaders gathered in Johannesburg this week
A return to elitism will not enable the development of a viable society or secure a democratic future
Scrapping widely used bank notes sparked panic but the long-term results should pay off
Readers write in about the municipal elections, and South African Hindi.
But it’s not impossible that movements working to bring about a fairer and more equitable world order could begin to turn the tide.
While India’s leader was retracing Gandhi’s not-so-clean footsteps in South Africa, peaceful protesters were being shot dead in Kashmir.
We are South Africans. And Nehru’s expansive and humanistic vision, which we share, is at odds with an exclusivist ideology based on Hindu nationalism
An economic crisis is pushing Russia into a corner, potentially forcing a mass gem sale.
A successful visit to Pakistan by new Indian prime minister Narendra Modi could unlock a cascade of beneficial consequences for both nations.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi could be India’s next prime minister, but he is far from being Mr Clean.
The world can expect a more aggressive foreign policy from India if opposition leader Narendra Modi becomes prime minister.
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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.