India politics

Its "soft Hindutva" rhetoric is aimed at drawing Hindu votes.

Since 2014, India's opposition parties have had one goal: Unseat the BJP. But all their actions to date have been counterproductive.

India’s constituency delimitation process will be torn between the ideals of equal representation and protecting minority groups.

The public-facing celebration “amounts to a personality cult hitherto unseen in contemporary Indian politics.”

Indian movies, the artistic escape of a billion people, are controlled by the government cheerleaders and dour moralists of the Censor Board.

Indian politicians are rushing to claim credit for the country’s sports heroes.

The 2022 elections in UP may indicate whether the BJP’s popularity has been dented in any way by the pandemic.

The shake-up came as Modi's government faced increasing criticism for its handling of the pandemic.

To counter the ruling BJP, the Indian National Congress should take a page out of its book – and bolster its social engagement.

Narendra Modi has created one of the most powerful political brands in India’s history. But that centralization of power creates its own weaknesses.

What does India’s ruling party’s guidebook tell us about the era of social media we live in?

The image of Tipu Sultan ranges from one extreme to another: a freedom fighter and a secular ruler or a bigoted tyrant.