https://www.himalmag.com/politics/arun-shourie-bjp-modi-indian-express https://cf-images.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-05-15/mrgi1303/Arun-ShourieMay-2026.png Perhaps no other journalist or thinker has impressed his passions, furies and perfidies as thoroughly upon India’s public sphere as Arun Shourie. Yet his influence on post-Emergency politics is poorly understood. himalmag en 2026-05-15T04:29:01.183Z Arun Shourie’s services as prophet of Modi’s India india, arun shourie, narendra modi, indira gandhi, hindu right https://www.himalmag.com/politics/india-delimitation-womens-reservation-bjp-supermajority https://cf-images.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-05-13/uk1kwkxv/BJP-SupermajorityMay-2026.png On 17 April, the government of India introduced three bills, clubbed together, which sought to introduce a women's quota while laying out ground rules for delimitation and increasing the size of the Lok Sabha. India's opposition charged that the BJP government was trying to push through constitutional amendments that will allow them to entrench power. While the bills were defeated, the BJP is now trying to achieve a two-thirds majority in Parliament. himalmag en 2026-05-13T10:48:49.056Z The BJP and Modi’s quest for a supermajority Narendra Modi, BJP supermajority, delimitation, SIR, Women's reservation https://www.himalmag.com/politics/rahul-bhatia-aadhaar-rss-democracy-india https://cf-images.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-05-13/cvp5v6ly/Himal-interviews-Rahul-Bhatia.png himalmag en 2026-05-13T08:08:25.642Z Himal Interviews: Rahul Bhatia on Aadhaar, the RSS and India’s democratic unravelling Politics, Interview, India https://www.himalmag.com/editorial/editorialsouthasias-crisis-of-media-freedom https://cf-images.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-05-13/src4yjlx/Southasias-Crisis-of-Media-Freedom Produced by Himal Southasian | Sources: South Asia Press Freedom Report 2024–25, RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025 himalmag en 2026-05-13T08:07:53.658Z Southasia's Crisis of Media Freedom Editorial, Southasia, Media Freedom