Asia Modi’s muddle and India’s existential crisis March 24, 2020 0 Image Credit: Narendra Modi at a BJP rally by Al Jazeera English /Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Anam Fatima. With the wisdom of hindsight, the developments in…
Article 370 Kashmir’s nakba March 20, 2020 0 Image Credit: Andrea Schieber/Dal (lake) and the Shikaras – Srinagar, Kashmir, India/ Flickr; Licence: CC BY- NC- ND-2.0. Written by Seema Kazi. On 5 August 2019, the…
Activism Raging resistance against India’s anti-Muslim citizenship law December 16, 2019 2 Image Credit: Refugees, Climatalk/Flickr; Licence: CC BY NC 2.0 Written by Ashok Swain. India is currently witnessing large-scale protests all over the country. While these protests are…
Article 370 News from Kashmir: The broader view September 6, 2019 0 Image Credit: flowcomm/Shekaras, Kashmir, Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Cynthia Mahmood. On 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked Article 370 of the…
Article 370 Homonationalism, pinkwashing and the question of (queer) Kashmir August 28, 2019 0 Written by Sohini Chatterjee. Image Credit: Rajarshi MITRA/ Dal Lake Dreams, Flickr; Licence: CC By 2.0 Following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of…
Asia Modi and the global rise of religious nationalism June 3, 2019 0 Written by Mark Juergensmeyer Image credit: 10th BRICS summit by GovernmentZA/ Flickr, license CC BY-ND-2.0 One strand of the success of Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party…
Elections Hinduism and political behaviour in the 2019 General Election April 24, 2019 0 Written by Ajay Verghese. India is a deeply Hindu country, as well as a deeply political country, but the links between the two are surprisingly…
Congress Deciphering democracy: The significance of the 2019 elections for India’s democratic progress April 22, 2019 0 Written by Rekha Saxena. There is a figurative association between elections and democracy. Elections are seen as significant and worthy only when they take place…
