Taking a stand: India, Gaza, and the drift from non-alignment
For decades after independence, India’s approach to the world was shaped by its historical experience of colonialism.
The balance sheet Stock taking: Nine years of Modi’s regime
From the expansion of India’s infrastructure to rapid technological diffusion, the PM’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy...
Systemic Rot: A saga of crime, punishment in Uttar Pradesh
Every time a high-profile criminal case in India collapses, there is renewed clamour for vigilante justice of the kind seen last month with the public...
Stifling dissent: India’s democracy in detention
The sentencing of Rahul Gandhi, the strongman of the opposition INC, to two years in prison over a 2019 quip may turn out to be a political own-goal...
L’affaire Rahul Gandhi: Hypocrisy on stilts
He concluded by declaring that the BJP “would like to emphatically state with great agony that Rahul Gandhi, in his speeches, has sought to shame...
India’s thin-skinned leaders
From the BBC to an Israeli filmmaker to the World Health Organization, foreign critics of anything Indian are now likely to be met with an all-out...
Diplomatic necessities: America’s missing ambassador to India
Together with fellow Quad members Australia, Japan, and the US, India is essential to maintaining the balance of power in the region.
Great disconnect: India’s looming demographic divide
India is struggling to harness the economic benefits of its declining mortality and fertility rates. Uneven population growth, with some Indian states...
