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Sudha RamachandranThe Diplomat |
BJP and RSS leaders are going to great lengths to send out the message that the RSS is a cultural organization and uninvolved in the BJP’s political...
“Chinese influence has only encouraged instability in Nepalese politics.”
Hugely unpopular among Kashmiris, India's ruling party would have lost had it dared to contest in the valley.
The party has a history of condoning rape and sexual harassment for the sake of power and political expediency.
The party may increase its vote share in these states but votes may not translate into seats in parliament.
“Like many populists, Modi is a chameleon -- this is his brand. Everyone can find in him what he or she is looking for.”
His government appears apprehensive over a Bhutan-China deal that undermines Indian security.
“Sections of the Indian establishment have supported the restoration of the monarchy in Nepal because Indian diplomacy is finding it increasingly...
An India-funded airstrip and jetty was inaugurated last week in Mauritius’ Agaléga island that will enhance its capacity to surveil and carry out...
The VHP’s filing of a court case against a lioness being named Sita is part of its strategy to separate Hindus and Muslims in the imagination of...
“A coup may not be imminent, but it is fair to say that Pakistan is unlikely to come out of its enduring praetorian trap.”
Although the BJP government is comfortably placed to win a third term in upcoming general elections, it will not want to lose the support of farmers,...
India will be seen as shoring up Israel’s economy and facilitating its economic exclusion of Palestinians.
Kings, irrespective of their religious faith, adopted “the highly selective method” of isolating "for desecration only those temples that were...
Neither Modi nor Muizzu can absolve themselves of responsibility for the spat.
Although the anti-talks faction under Paresh Baruah is “severely weakened, it still has the capacity to carry out violent attacks.”
The intrusion by two men happened on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 terror attack on Parliament.
The apex court ruled that both the substance and the procedure adopted by the Narendra Modi government to revoke Article 370 are constitutionally...
“If the country experiences another five years of anarchy under the PPM and its allies,” many Maldivians will view “the suppressed stability of...