Ananya Vajpeyi 20 December 2021
Christophe Jaffrelot’s latest oeuvre provides a comprehensive account of how, and why, India started descending into today’s political nightmare. A review.
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- Maria Tavernini 24 November 2021Coal “phasing-down” was seen as bitter disappointment in the West, but as a remarkable result in India. Its élite is now pondering how to make best use of its “re-discovered” diplomatic potential.
- Maria Tavernini 3 August 2021India’s government is cracking down on dissent by means of an anti-terrorism law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Here’s how it works.
- Maria Tavernini 5 May 2021Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP are increasingly on the defensive over the spiralling out of the pandemic in the country
- Mujibur Rehman 15 April 2021Regardless of the outcome of elections in West Bengal, the BJP’s emerging dominance has brought a paradigm shift across the country’s politics, writes Shaikh Mujibur Rehman.
- Maria Tavernini 16 March 2021India’s nationalist government has started to identify Rohingya refugees in Jammu & Kashmir, seeking their repatriation to Myanmar, where they escaped genocide and would likely face further persecutions under the military junta. The UN and human rights advocacies are pushing to hold New Delhi accountable to international refugee protection obligations.
- Maria Tavernini 21 January 2021Despite the deadly pandemic, Hindu devotees renew the traditional yearly descent to the Ganges. A collective search for renewal and spiritual energy.
- Claudia De Martino 16 December 2020A long-standing objective of Israel’s foreign policy, the pivot to Asia is a key factor in the current strategy of “normalization” of relations with several Muslim countries. And for a number of different reasons, it is showing increasing sings of success.
- Maria Tavernini 4 December 2020An innocent kiss between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy on the backdrop of a Hindu temple sparked controversy in India, and fury from the ruling BJP.
- Debora Spini 7 September 2020Narendra Modi’s recent anti-Muslim moves are only the latest, explicit signs of an alarming trend. Yet India’s democracy is endowed with meaningful antibodies
