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PM Modi is governing India as he governed Gujarat: The Economist
December 14, 2022, 9:53 PM IST
Like in Gujarat, the Modi government is devoting a much smaller portion of tax revenues to social spending, including health care and education, said The Economist in a recent article. In an article titled “Gujaratification”,…
December 14, 2022, 9:53 PM IST
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India’s foreign policy is reliably unreliable: The Economist
November 29, 2022, 6:42 PM IST
India’s commitment to non-alignment was never as pure as the traditionalists suppose. As needs arose, it has always got into bed with one power or another, The Economist said in its recent article titled “Indian…
November 29, 2022, 6:42 PM IST
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Gandhi family appears unable to relinquish any power: The Economist
October 10, 2022, 9:14 PM IST
With the next general election in India less than two years away, the ability of the Congress to lead a credible coalition against the BJP is crucial, says an article in The Economist. The article,…
October 10, 2022, 9:14 PM IST
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India’s Islamophobia problem is costing it partners in the Gulf: Foreign Affairs
July 5, 2022, 3:22 PM IST
There has been a marked uptick in hate speech and violence directed at the Muslim community in India ever since the PM Modi-led BJP came to power in 2014, write Sumit Ganguly and Nicolas Blarel…
July 5, 2022, 3:22 PM IST
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‘Publicly ridiculing Islam isn’t smart geopolitics’
June 14, 2022, 10:29 PM IST
The BJP’s shrill brand of Hindu nationalism has inflamed religious animosity within the country and complicated ties beyond Indian borders, writes Sadanand Dhume in The Wall Street Journal. Talking about the controversy over the Prophet…
June 14, 2022, 10:29 PM IST
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‘India’s far right is conquering castes — and the country’
April 20, 2022, 9:08 PM IST
“The RSS feels that citizens of India must believe that their country is not just their motherland but also their holy land – a definition designed to leave out Muslims and Christians, whose most sacred…
April 20, 2022, 9:08 PM IST
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India’s stubborn support of Russia is more attributable to lack of good options: WSJ
March 4, 2022, 11:15 PM IST
Amid Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, America’s democratic partner India has stood out for its unwillingness to criticize Moscow, writes Sadanand Dhume in The Wall Street Journal. In an article highlighting India’s ambivalence on Ukraine, Dhume…
March 4, 2022, 11:15 PM IST
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Indian government is ignoring majoritarian chauvinism: The Economist
January 17, 2022, 5:30 PM IST
India’s roughly 200 million Muslims have been subject to a concerted and wide-ranging offensive under the Modi government, said The Economist in a scathing article. Titled ‘India’s government is ignoring, and sometimes even encouraging, hatred…
January 17, 2022, 5:30 PM IST
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India’s leaders are playing with fire: Bloomberg
December 31, 2021, 2:32 PM IST
By Mihir Sharma The north Indian town of Haridwar, where the Ganges River flows out of the Himalayas onto India’s vast plains, has been for centuries a destination for pilgrims. For three days in December,…
December 31, 2021, 2:32 PM IST
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Modi government turning India into monochrome Hindu state: Economist
December 19, 2021, 9:54 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi avoided pushing an overtly sectarian agenda in his first term in office but has now undertaken a broader effort to transform a multi-hued country into a more monochrome Hindu state, US journalist…
December 19, 2021, 9:54 PM IST
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For India’s opposition to recover, the Gandhis should quit: The Economist
November 26, 2021, 2:49 PM IST
Is former Congress president Rahul Gandhi holding the party and India back? Is the opposition not able to mount a challenge to the BJP at the national level because of Gandhis being at the helm…
November 26, 2021, 2:49 PM IST
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Weak opposition has helped Modi government survive: Economist
November 22, 2021, 8:21 PM IST
The opposition has remained divided, weak and largely ineffectual throughout Modi’s term and a half in power, the Economist said in a scathing article on the Prime Minister’s opponents. Describing the opposition as Modi’s “secret…
November 22, 2021, 8:21 PM IST
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Modi govt’s farm misadventure will hurt urbanization: Bloomberg
November 22, 2021, 10:46 AM IST
By Andy Mukherjee Now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sacrificed his poorly designed makeover of India’s farms at the altar of electoral math, there will perhaps be no fresh attempt at reform for a…
November 22, 2021, 10:46 AM IST
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Modi’s India points to perils of White nationalism in US and UK: Bloomberg
November 16, 2021, 11:24 AM IST
By Pankaj Mishra The recent gubernatorial election in Virginia and the British government’s campaign against “woke” cultural institutions provide the latest evidence that White nationalism is becoming the unabashedly central ideology of the traditional parties…
November 16, 2021, 11:24 AM IST
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BJP is menacing the country’s film industry: The Economist
November 2, 2021, 12:44 AM IST
Bollywood has become the latest target of the BJP government in India with several figures from the saffron party criticising the “holy trinity” of Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh Khan in the recent years, notes…
November 2, 2021, 12:44 AM IST
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India seems determined to lose to Pakistan in more than cricket: WSJ
November 1, 2021, 4:47 PM IST
An apparently growing tendency among Indians to refuse to distinguish between ordinary Muslims and dangerous Islamists will open the country to instability and national-security threats, writes Sadanand Dhume in an article on the Wall Street…
November 1, 2021, 4:47 PM IST
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‘Modi’s BJP achieved astonishing feat of creating deep sense of Hindu victimhoom’
October 7, 2021, 12:56 AM IST
“In a country where 84% of the population is Hindu, and just 14% Muslim, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has achieved the astonishing feat of creating a deep sense of Hindu victimhoom,” writes Debasish Roy…
October 7, 2021, 12:56 AM IST
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Jeff Bezos is on the wrong Indian magazine cover: Bloomberg
September 30, 2021, 10:16 AM IST
By Andy Mukherjee The world’s second-richest man is getting an almost-daily reminder of how tough it will be to win in the second-most-populous nation. Unlike in China, where the recent attack on tech titans has…
September 30, 2021, 10:16 AM IST
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As India’s lethal Covid wave neared, politics overrode science: The New York Times
September 14, 2021, 9:10 PM IST
The forecast was mathematically based, government-approved and deeply, tragically wrong. In September 2020, eight months before a deadly Covid-19 second wave struck India, government-appointed scientists downplayed the possibility of a new outbreak. Previous infections and…
September 14, 2021, 9:10 PM IST
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‘India has morphed into an ethnic democracy’
September 2, 2021, 9:10 PM IST
“Why has India, long regarded as an outlier in the postcolonial world for preserving democracy amid poverty, suddenly lost its sheen,” asks Sadanand Dhume in his article on Foreign Affairs, a US-based magazine. In his…
September 2, 2021, 9:10 PM IST
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