Narendra Modi

Where Politics Is Passion

Swapan Dasgupta

The trick in an election is to balance the national appeal with local faces. Language matters, and often doesn’t matter

Modi In the Marketplace

On February 10th, when Narendra Modi, in a first for an Indian Prime Minister, defended the private sector in parliament, it signalled the country’s readiness to embrace its wealth creators, ending a prolonged injustice

The Perils of Moral Arbitration

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the Indian government threatening to arrest Twitter’s employees

‘A Symbol of India’s Composite Culture’

Mohammad Nasir

AMU at 100 through the lens of Narendra Modi’s speech

The Rites of Liberation

Swapan Dasgupta

The Rites of Liberation The Modi government held its nerve and enhanced India’s faith in itself

The Rage

Minhaz Merchant

Modi may be right. The opposition privately thinks so too. Hence the anger

State of the Gradualist

S Prasannarajan

Modi has resisted the playbook of populism

Protesting Too Much

S Prasannarajan

Is Modi Derangement Syndrome at work?

Who’s Next?

Jayanta Ghosal

Ghulam Nabi Azad will most probably be replaced as leader, but who can that be?

The Healing Project

PR Ramesh

India’s vaccine rollout is more than about protection from the pandemic. It is symbolic of economic rejuvenation and a return to normalcy after a year of distress