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India’s Political Satirists Challenge Narendra Modi on Social Media

With the mainstream media doubling up as cheerleaders of the Modi government, YouTubers are speaking truth to power.

30.04.2024 20

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Kavita Chowdhury

BJP Election Manifesto 2024 Focuses on Narendra Modi, Not the Party

The opposition has dismissed the manifesto as a "jumla patra," a document of fake promises.

17.04.2024 10

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

Congress Party’s Election Manifesto Creates a Buzz

Its focus on job creation, which has been among the top concerns of respondents in a recent survey, has rattled the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

12.04.2024 10

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

Why is Narendra Modi Nervous Ahead of India’s General Elections?

Possibly for the first time in a decade, Modi's government finds its image dented by revelations of corruption.

27.03.2024 6

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

PM Modi Begins Implementing Controversial Citizenship Law Ahead of Elections

It is aimed at the communal polarization of India to solidify Hindu votes, and deflect attention away from disclosures of the government’s...

14.03.2024 3

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

Sexual Violence Grows in 10 Years of Modi Rule in India

As disturbing as the assaults is the response of ministers and officials who accuse those that speak out against rape culture of defaming India.

06.03.2024 9

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

Student Suicides in Kota’s ‘Coaching Factories’ Point to India’s Broken Education System

Caught between unrealistic parental aspirations and inability to cope with academic pressure, students spiral into depression and sometimes die by...

29.02.2024 9

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Indian Supreme Court Scraps PM Modi’s Controversial Party Funding Scheme

The apex court declared the opaque electoral bonds scheme, which benefited the BJP the most, to be unconstitutional.

16.02.2024 4

The Diplomat

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Hindutva Activists Target Tamil Film ‘Annapoorani’

The movie’s claim that the Hindu deity Ram was a meat eater has raised the hackles of Hindu hardliners.

22.01.2024 7

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

India’s Supreme Court Restores Faith in Rule of Law

In a historic verdict, it has quashed the release of the 11 rapists of Bilkis Bano during the 2002 riots in Gujarat.

11.01.2024 10

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Kavita Chowdhury

India’s Opposition-free Parliament

The Narendra Modi administration suspended 146 opposition members of parliament for demanding answers from the government. Then it pushed through...

28.12.2023 10

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Kavita Chowdhury

Modi Juggernaut Wipes Out Congress in India’s ‘Hindi Heartland’

But for winning the southern state of Telangana, the opposition Congress performed dismally in recent state assembly elections.

04.12.2023 20

The Diplomat

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Why India’s Electoral Bond Scheme Must Go

It was touted as a major electoral reform in poll funding. But the scheme is opaque and shrouded in secrecy.

24.11.2023 5

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

INDIA Bloc Takes a Backseat in Five State Assembly Elections

In three states, the election is a direct contest between the Congress and the BJP, and in the other two, the Congress is battling regional parties.

09.11.2023 10

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

BJP Government Deploys Civil Servants for its Propaganda

When the Narendra Modi government issued an innocuous circular earlier this month directing senior bureaucrats of different ministries to...

30.10.2023 6

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Kavita Chowdhury

Modi Government Slaps Terrorism Charges on Journalists

On October 3, Delhi Police carried out early morning raids at the homes of 46 journalists in India’s capital New Delhi. The journalists from the...

11.10.2023 7

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

Wind Is Back in the Sails of India’s Congress Party

At a press conference in New Delhi earlier this week, the opposition Congress party’s media spokesperson Pawan Khera described Prime Minister...

28.09.2023 3

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

Bill on 33% Quota for Women in Legislatures Passes Lower House of Indian Parliament

On September 20, the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of Parliament, 27 years after it was first tabled...

21.09.2023 2

The Diplomat

Kavita Chowdhury

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