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  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    ‘Politics has been turned on its head’: India reels from wave of religious violence

    Critics claim ruling BJP has tacitly encouraged hardline Hindu groups while clamping down on Muslim communities

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Lunch with the FT
    Historian Romila Thapar: ‘There’s always been this feeling in India that Russia is misunderstood’

    The great chronicler of India’s past on Narendra Modi, what Mahatma Gandhi told her — and her country’s attitude to the war in Ukraine

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Ruchir Sharma
    Modi’s wins show how the power of his personal story endures

    The mismatch between the BJP’s entrepreneurial drive and the elite entitlement of Congress is as glaring now as ever

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    The Big Read
    India’s uneven economic rebound creates winners and losers

    The country has the world’s fastest-growing economy, but many aren’t seeing the rewards. Will Modi pay a political price?

  • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    Indian politicians brush off crime accusations in world’s largest democracy

    Rise of candidates facing serious charges including kidnap and murder alarms observers

  • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
    News in-depthCorporate governance
    India’s NSE yogi scandal puts spotlight on mystic advisers

    Astrologers, numerologists and yogis are seen as ‘coaches’ with influence on top executives

  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
    India declares 2 days of mourning after Bollywood star’s death

    Singer Lata Mangeshkar was one of country’s most admired artists and will be given a state funeral

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Rebels Against the Raj — the westerners in India who fought for independence

    Ramachandra Guha’s fascinating account of seven foreigners who helped in the struggle for self-rule, at personal cost

  • Saturday, 22 January, 2022
    InterviewTelevision
    Manu Joseph vs India’s chatterati: ‘In most situations I’m an outsider’

    The journalist, novelist and sardonic social commentator talks about his hit Netflix show, Decoupled

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    India fears Covid superspreader events as states prepare for elections

    Regional polls will prove latest test of country’s pandemic resilience

  • Monday, 27 December, 2021
    India cracks down on operations of Mother Teresa’s charity

    Foreign-funding licence renewal refused as Hindu nationalists step up efforts against Christian groups

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    InterviewTelevision
    Amazon Prime Video India country head: streaming is driving a TV revolution

    Gaurav Gandhi says a youthful population and cheap mobile data make a tempting opportunity

  • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
    News in-depthRetail trading
    Millions of Indians join pandemic-fuelled rush into retail investing

    Soaring stock prices raise concerns a downturn could burn new investors

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Pollution
    India closes coal-fired plants as New Delhi is smothered in toxic smog

    Schools shut and construction work banned in city and surrounding region that are choking on pollution

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    John Thornhill
    India’s all-encompassing ID system holds warnings for the rest of world

    Citizens appear happy to trade personal data for services but risks of state surveillance remain

  • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
    News in-depth
    Humiliating cricket defeat exposes India’s Hindu-Muslim divide

    Ruling party accused of fomenting religious enmity to deflect attention from sputtering economy

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    Indian politics & policy
    Delhi chokes on toxic pollution exacerbated by Diwali firecrackers

    Thriving black market helps Indians flout ban on fireworks to celebrate ‘festival of lights’

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    Amy Kazmin
    India needs a reckoning with its growing culture of hate

    Spate of violent attacks reveals a cycle of rising aggression and impunity

  • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
    ReviewPolitical books
    To Kill a Democracy and Modi’s India — a dream in peril

    Two books look at the rise of autocracy and inequality in the country

  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    Indian politics & policy
    Spyware revelations are a crucial moment for Indian democracy

    Independent election strategist and journalists among those targeted by surveillance software

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    ReviewTelevision
    India’s Rape Scandal on Channel 4 — difficult but necessary viewing

    Documentary investigates two horrific recent cases in a country where a rape is reported every 15 minutes

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    Amy Kazmin
    BJP turns to coercion to limit India’s population growth

    Experts say Uttar Pradesh plan to cut benefits to those with more than two children will hurt the country’s poorest

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Obituary
    Dilip Kumar: Bollywood legend 1922-2021

    Muslim actor with a Hindu stage name who symbolised a postcolonial, secular India

  • Wednesday, 7 July, 2021
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    Jailed Jesuit’s death sparks fury in India

    Case of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy undermines New Delhi’s claims of democracy, say activists

  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    Amy Kazmin
    Narendra Modi the style king puts on the guru look

    The Indian premier is reinventing his political persona under pressure of the pandemic

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