Asia The indistinct cartelisation of regional politics in India November 1, 2019 0 Image Credit: Public.Resource.Org/ Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0 Written by Chirayu Thakkar After thirty years of coalition governments in India, an unexpected landslide win by…
Democracy Indian Elections 2019: Modi’s first 100 days September 10, 2019 0 Image Credit: Prime Minister of India lays a Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery by Arlington National Cemetery/Flickr; Licence:…
Asia The long read: Why was Kashmir special? August 12, 2019 1 Written by Andrew Whitehead. Image Credit: Algae Rhythm/Kashmir/Flickr; Licence: CC BY- NC- ND 2.0. So, what's so special about Kashmir? That's the question underlying the…
Asia Political consultants and the changing face of India’s election campaigns August 1, 2019 1 Written By Amogh Dhar Sharma. Image Credit: Stephen Downes/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0 While there can be little doubt that the verdict from the 2019…
Asia Where are India’s regional parties heading? July 17, 2019 0 Written by Ashish Ranjan. Image Credit: Adam Jones/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. The results of the 2019 election to India’s parliament, the Lok Sabha, throw up…
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…
Demography Harbingers of democracy May 9, 2019 0 Written by Shubhra Seth and Safa Ameera Rahim. An investment in knowledge pays high dividends for young citizens and it is an important tool for…
Asia Media, money and majoritarianism: The Indian elections 2019 May 8, 2019 0 Written by Nitasha Kaul. Every five years, Indian politics generates a crescendo of competing frenzied passions as nearly a billion eligible voters get their fingers…
Asia Parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir: Will the result be a mosaic? April 29, 2019 2 Written by Navnita Chadha Behera. The Indian parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) hold special significance amidst the national elections being held for the…
Democracy Politicising national security, securitising poverty April 23, 2019 1 Written by Ajay Darshan Behera. Increasingly, electoral campaigning in India has become bereft of debate on the policies and programmes of the political parties in…