Month: August 2019

Notes from the Maharashtra elections

The biggest political story in Maharashtra, after the Lok Sabha election, is that there is no big story unless the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena decide to contest the elections separately. Initial ground reports from poll-bound Maharashtra run along the expected lines. There is no emerging political plot in the state but mere …

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The Modi government’s foreign policy challenges

PM Modi’s foreign policy agenda in his second term contrasts starkly with his first. The Modi government’s foreign policy agenda is emerging clearer in the third month of the second term. The offensive against Pakistan, soft posturing in the neighborhood, a nuanced position concerning China, and a recalibration of relations with the United States seem …

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Critics of PM Modi as BJP’s B Team

The question is what should the opposition, particularly PM Modi’s opponents in social media, do, and what should they not do? Photos and videos of Naga youth celebrating Nagaland’s self-declared independence day went viral on social media on the eve of India’s independence day. Most of the opponents of the BJP enthusiastically questioned the Modi …

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Making sense and non-sense of Modi’s Kashmir policy

It will take its own time and huge toll in the form of life and expenses before Indians outside Kashmir will realise the sheer hollowness in the Modi government’s policy as far as integration of Kashmir with Indian Union is concerned. In the year 2004, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government unexpectedly lost a bid to …

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