The middle class has acted as an agent of political change in India. The first instance of this was when they provided leadership to the national movement and drove the agenda of independence. Since ...

The question is not whether Hindu nationalism will be part of India’s political landscape, but whether and to what extent non-Hindus will be able to play a role. Earlier this month, India’s ruling ...

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: India is wrapping up elections this week. We're going to take you back to the last Indian elections five years ago, to a scandal that some call India's Watergate. It has not brought ...

The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy. By Rahul Bhatia. Abacus; 352 pages; £25. To be published in America by PublicAffairs in November; $32 It is not uncommon for poor Indians ...

Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD), Professor of Politics, International Relations, and Critical Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Westminster The invitations to a state dinner ...