Why the Far Right Rules Modi's India

Why the Far Right Rules Modi's India - Jacobin

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, the electoral arm of a Hindu nationalist movement, represents the largest and ...

Modi 3.0 and the Far-Right: Possibilities and Contradictions

In June, India has concluded its 2024 general elections. Narendra Modi, India's far-right Prime Minister from the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) ...

After election setbacks, Narendra Modi's image in the U.S. is more ...

After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was re-elected Tuesday amid surprising blows to his party, both supporters and critics agree that his influence in ...

Modi's Long Game - Foreign Policy

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects an honor guard before addressing the nation during celebrations to mark the country's Independence ...

Modi's India has become less liberal but better governed

Political freedoms have eroded under the BJP's Hindu nationalism. But as the election looms, Indian democracy is in better shape than widely assumed.

Transcript: Why the Far Right Rules Modi's India w/ Achin Vanaik

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Why India's Muslims face domestic colonialism in Modi's third term

Only two days into India's six-week-long general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed yet another tirade against the country's ...

Populism reaches new heights in Narendra Modi's India - CIDOB

Rarely has Hindu nationalist pride been so deeply flattered in India as at the start of 2024. With general elections looming in the South Asian giant.

Narendra Modi Has Lost His Aura of Political Invincibility - Jacobin

Narendra Modi boasted that his party would win a supermajority in India's parliament, but he came up short and had to form a coalition to stay in power.

Human rights in India - Amnesty International

Government officials, political leaders, and supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – the ruling political party at the federal level – advocated hatred ...

India elections: Voters reject Modi's vision for one-party state in win ...

Going into this election, Modi had set a goal of winning 400 seats in the lower house of parliament, or Lok Sabha. But as results began to ...

Why India's elite loves Narendra Modi - The Economist

Educated voters usually disdain populists. Three factors explain why India's leader is different. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves ...

Narendra Modi's Nationalist-Populism in India and International Law

The massive victory of Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – India's extreme right-wing party – in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary ...

The secret behind success of India's ruling party BJP - BBC

There is little doubt that the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has ruled India uninterruptedly since 2014, has become the ...

Hindutva fascism threatens the world's largest democracy - The Loop

In India, fascism is reinventing itself. It has crept through Hindu nationalism – Hindutva – and now poses a serious threat to Indian democracy.

Has Modi Pushed Indian Democracy Past Its Breaking Point?

Isaac Chotiner interviews Christophe Jaffrelot, an expert on Indian politics, about Hindu nationalism, Narendra Modi, Islamophobia, ...

The West Misunderstands Its Own Far Right - Foreign Policy

The triumph of populist parties such as the French National Rally (RN), Alternative for Germany, and Brothers of Italy in the recent ...

Narendra Modi Is Preparing for a Thousand-Year Legacy - Bloomberg

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become one of the world's most popular and polarizing leaders by melding religion and politics.

India election: Hindu nationalism mainstream after Modi's decade in ...

Hindu nationalism was once a fringe ideology, and now it is mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than the Indian prime ...

How Narendra Modi Seduced India With Envy and Hate

The prime minister has won re-election on a tide of violence, fake news and resentment.