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  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    News in-depthIndian economy
    Modi’s agricultural reform drive sparks bruising political battle

    Indian farmers dig in at month-long protest against plan to open up market

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Jammu and Kashmir
    ‘This is all a facade’: Kashmiris vote in staged election

    New Delhi casts poll as legitimising its move to tighten control of Muslim-majority region

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Indian politics & policy
    Farmers’ strike over agricultural reforms paralyses Indian transport

    Critics say the new law that was rushed through parliament is a recipe for unrest

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Indian society
    Hindu nationalists raise spectre of ‘love jihad’ with marriage law

    Indian Muslims accused of forced conversions but rights groups dismiss demographic plot

  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    Indian society
    Hindu nationalists take aim at Bollywood

    India’s culture war is being waged between Modi’s ruling party and the film industry

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    Amy Kazmin
    Modi forces through controversial laws under cover of Covid

    India’s ‘temple of democracy’ is host to unruly scenes over agricultural reforms

  • Sunday, 16 August, 2020
    Shruti Kapila
    The annihilation of India’s political opposition is almost complete

    Narendra Modi’s ruling party has captured national politics for the foreseeable future

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
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    The prime minister warned the virus could derail decades of progress. But new infections are now at record levels

  • Monday, 15 June, 2020
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    Modi government is accused of stoking religious tension to cover up its own errors 

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Indian society
    India riots: ‘We were attacked because we are Muslim’

    New Delhi residents recount night of terror after sectarian riots claim dozens of lives

  • Monday, 10 February, 2020
    Amy Kazmin
    Sedition accusations in India take a dramatic turn

    A school skit on a new citizenship law has been the target of a police investigation

  • Sunday, 26 January, 2020
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    Modi’s culture war storms India’s elite universities

    The country’s hopes of transforming itself into a knowledge economy are under threat

  • Sunday, 12 January, 2020
    Shruti Kapila
    Nehru’s idea of India is under attack

    Hindus and Muslims have been brothers who could be violently estranged, but never properly foreign

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
    Stephanie Findlay
    India’s ideological war bursts on to a Delhi campus

    University protests show students are willing to fight for secularism

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    Citizenship law sparks fear and anger among India’s Muslims

    Critics say act is discriminatory and weakens country’s secular foundations

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2019
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    India’s student diaspora rises up against Modi

    Young are putting pressure on families back home to take a stand

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
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    Voters turn on India’s ruling party over Hindu-first agenda

    Modi’s BJP set to lose Jharkhand state amid protests against new citizenship law

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
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    What is India’s citizenship law and why has it stirred such anger?

    Country is gripped by mass protests as thousands voice fury over controversial new legislation

  • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
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    Prime minister blames opposition parties and says parliament is ‘1,000 per cent correct’

  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
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    Riots break out in India against contentious citizenship law

    Fury erupts in north-eastern states over fears illegal migrants would settle permanently in the region

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    Indian politics & policy
    India’s citizenship law passes first hurdle

    Draft legislation criticised as unconstitutional as it grants citizenship based on religion

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    Swaminathan Aiyar
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    Narendra Modi, the incrementalist prime minister, may be turning into a radical reformer

  • Saturday, 24 August, 2019
    Arun Jaitley
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    Consummate New Delhi insider remained articulate advocate for Modi’s government despite ill health

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