Woman in the News: Sonia Gandhi
The Congress party leader defied expectations again to guide her party to victory in India’s elections
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The Congress Party claimed an emphatic victory in India’s parliamentary elections, the largest democratic exercise in the world, as voters backed secular leadership over communal politics and the continued premiership of Manmohan Singh
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Singh fills key cabinet posts
India’s new government has turned to a veteran politician and Gandhi family loyalist to take over the country’s finance portfolio at a time when the economy is battling the effects of the global financial downturn
Indian markets surge on Congress victory
Share prices on India’s benchmark stock index surged 17 per cent – their biggest one-day gain in almost two decades – as investors reacted euphorically to the election victory
Singh sworn in for second term
Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, was sworn into office for a second term after the ruling Congress party swept to an emphatic victory in month-long parliamentary elections
India poll triumph is mandate for change
Indian voters have handed the ruling Congress party a powerful mandate to modernise the country’s economy in an election result expected to bolster confidence in markets
Hindu nationalists at crossroads
For the Bharatiya Janata party, the danger is that hardliners are strengthened in a battle for the soul of the party after its second parliamentary election defeat
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Indian democracy has an ugly side
It’s marvellous that a country as large as Indian can manage a democratic transition. But some unappealing realities lurk just behind the beautiful facade, warns Gideon Rachman
Big win for Congress
The results of the Indian election will allow the Congress party to accomplish goals that have been put on hold for five year, writes John Elliott
Singh is re-king
Singh is King was a blockbuster Bollywood film of 2008. Very few ever dreamt it would be the most apt post-poll slogan in India’s parliamentary elections, writes Suhel Seth
In search of meaning in India’s mandate
Voters rewarded those politicians with a track record of bringing growth, almost regardless of ideological bent, writes David Pilling
India: Potholes in the road
While back on track for growth to approach double digits, Asia’s third largest economy faces pressing decisions on how to translate a much-vaunted resilience into further reform
India’s Communist party is finally on its way out
The official left of India is collapsing like a house of cards and the 2009 elections to India’s parliament is proof of that, writes Sunandan Roy Chowdhury
Tips for India’s next premier
Perhaps the economy will indeed return to robust growth. But the wise thing would be to prepare for a painful slowdown, writes Aravind Adiga
India returns to the Grand Old Party
It is impossible to deny that all of us underestimated the resurgence of India’s Congress party, writes Ashutosh Varshney
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