Narendra Modi

On the Moon

V Shoba

India joins the exclusive league of space superpowers with the soft-landing of its moon mission Chandrayaan-3 near the south pole of the lunar surface

The Global Dividend

Harsh V Pant

A survey shows wide youth support for the Modi government’s foreign policy

Terms of Endearment

Makarand R Paranjape

Modi’s India has become a bulwark of moderate and reformist Islam

I.N.D.I.A

Virendra Kapoor

A new name for the old wine in a new bottle

The Pawar Riddle

Open

Supriya Sule’s unease with BJP is reflected in her apparently cordial relations with DMK’s Kanimozhi and SP’s Dimple Yadav

Crying Wolf

Minhaz Merchant

Indian democracy is not a dictatorship of the majority

Who Denies India its Nationalism?

Swapan Dasgupta

The arc of the nation

An Exceptional Tryst

Dipankar Gupta

India has reinvented both patriotism and nationalism by infusing them with the republican spirit

What Modi did emphasise was the Centre’s concerted efforts to connect the Northeast to the rest of India in every way. He cast the spotlight on Congress policies that stoked separatism and led to prolonged civilian distress by way of blockades and strikes