BJP
BJP’s land reforms and the shifting political landscape in Kashmir
The BJP’s approach to reshaping Jammu and Kashmir’s political legacy and governance model is based on exclusionary measures that have raised concerns about the erasure of Kashmiris from the region’s history and identity
Maknoon Wani | Apr 21, 2023
The cost of conscience
Megha Majumdar’s novel depicts a world where progress requires bigotry.
Atul Bhattarai | Nov 10, 2020
‘Dissolve the people and elect another’
Kashmir local government elections belie the Indian state’s narrative of democracy.
Mudasir Amin and Samreen Mushtaq | Nov 21, 2018
Caging the canary
Raids and arrests in India exhibit intolerance of dissent.
Salil Tripathi | Sep 04, 2018
Something rotten
A recent book explores the systemic rot that holds India to ransom.
Mitu Varma | Feb 28, 2017
A tale of two mosques
Recent anniversaries have marked the demolition of two mosques, one very well known, and the other, much less so.
Khalid Anis Ansari | Dec 06, 2016
Whose media is it anyway?
Real freedom of expression is eroding fast in India.
Neha Dixit | Sep 21, 2016
Believers’ Dilemma – II
Never before has the RSS been more confident of its role in shaping India’s future. (This is part two of a two-part essay)
Abhishek Choudhary | Jun 03, 2016
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