Narendra Modi

The Networker

Tunku Varadarajan in New York

It was part two of the Indian enchanter in America, and this time Narendra Modi was feted as the man who will accompany Silicon Valley to its next level of glory, even as the Valley takes India with it—to heights as yet unforeseen, except in the mind of the man who once sold tea on the sort of railway platform that will soon be kitted out with free WiFi by Google

Cast(e)aways

Kumar Anshuman in Patna

What happens when the leading alliances in Bihar are biased towards fielding Yadav candidates

The Futile Seat

Harsh V Pant

Modi should not waste his time on the UN

The Patna Protocol

PR Ramesh

An epic battle is underway in the proverbial badlands of Bihar, where many political lives swing between irrelevance and renewal. Even as cracks appear in the artificial alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, the BJP wants more than a victory. It is fighting for a mandate worthy of India’s most popular politician and its unsurpassed campaigner. Narendra Modi’s next phase of modernisation will begin from the backwardness of Bihar

The Return of Rage

Ullekh NP

Discontent in Kashmir deepens as the PDP-BJP government loses its way

The Power of Pursuit in the Age of Modi

Bharat Karnad

Dwarfed by doubts and hobbled by a lack of political will, India has for so long failed to play out its inherent strength. Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi unlock the great-power potential of the country? A new book by one of India’s foremost strategic thinkers anatomises the power paradigms of a nation in transition