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Ayodhya Verdict: Is the Political Climate in India Impeding the Rights of Religious Minorities?
On November 9, India’s apex court ruled in favor of Hindu nationalist groups in a long-standing dispute over a contested holy site in Ayodhya, which Hindus believe is the birthplace of revered deity Ram and where Hindutva mobs demolished the…
Indian Elections 2019: The Viability of the BJP in the Southern States
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Narendra Modi-led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won 205 seats out of its total of 282 from India’s northern and western states. However, despite the “Modi wave” that swept the country, the BJP was…
Indian Elections 2019: Will Modi’s “Strongman” Image Bring Electoral Success?
On February 26, when India struck a terror camp inside Pakistan in response to the February 14 suicide bombing that killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Pulwama in Indian-administered Kashmir, political pundits opined that the rare air…
Indian Elections 2019: The Missing Debate on Key Economic Challenges
Much of the election discourse in India so far in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls seems peculiar. After a five-year term, the incumbent Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government still appears to be making last-ditch…