The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was formed in 1925 to unite Hindus. Today, its far-right nationalist ideology has gone mainstream thanks to Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
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On today’s Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast, political scientist Sikata Banerjee and cinema studies scholar Rakesh Sengupta explain how cinema and social media in India may be helping to sway voters.
Listen to Indrajit Roy talk about hope and politics in India on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The Indian prime minister made reference to communities that have “too many children” in a veiled reference to Muslims.
Narendra Modi looks set to win a third term in power. One of his strategies for success is to exploit the country’s religious differences.
New research examines the organisational reasons why Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been so successful at winning elections since 2014.
Modi has aimed to improve the lives of ordinary Indians, but some are still finding jobs hard to come by.
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
The government’s alleged targeting of opposition figures, as well as a new system allowing anonymous donations to political parties, is believed to have given the BJP a huge edge.
Over the past decade, I have documented the erosion of India’s once robustly democratic legal system as part of Prime Minister Modi’s ‘authoritarian playbook’
Ahead of elections in India, a series of films that promote the ruling party’s right-wing ideology are seeking to influence voters. An art historian explains how the trend started.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged major development projects in a visit to Kashmir last month. But many locals fear things will only worsen if the government is reelected.
Modi’s party has struggled to generate jobs for young people, but is highly adept at marshalling votes to win elections.
The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
India needs to follow a path akin to China’s to find answers to its job woes.
A scholar of Hinduism explains the importance of the consecration ritual, which is believed to bring the presence of the divine into the temple.
India changed its visa rules after the 2008 Mumbai massacre to make it more difficult for Pakistanis to visit.
Modi is running for his third consecutive term of office, but many believe he plans to remain in power indefinitely.
The Ram temple, built on the site of a destroyed mosque, could be used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to mobilise his Hindu nationalist supporters ahead of the elections.
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Associate Professor, International Politics, University of Adelaide
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Professor of International Relations, Griffith University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Host of The Anthill Podcast, The Conversation
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Visiting Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in the Theory and Politics of Development, SOAS, University of London
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Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD), Professor of Politics, International Relations, and Critical Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor, Department of Humanity and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Professor of Economics, Bournemouth University
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