Modi madness at the third pole
India and Pakistan are at it again; exasperating a world pre-occupied with US tariffs, Ukraine and, occasionally, the Middle East. What the world cannot be indifferent to is the weaponising…
Modi’s new avatar?
Who would have guessed that well into his third term, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch a charm offensive toward India's poverty-stricken Muslims? Well, it has begun as 32,000…
Modi’s hat-trick
AT the cusp of yesterday, most of his troubles seemed so far away. The published exit polls pointed to a third landslide for Narendra Modi and his allies, even though…
More ‘Moditva’
THE impressive logistics of India’s national elections inspire considerable international coverage. This year, the process initiated last Friday will culminate at the start of June, and the potential electorate includes…
The crooked timber of Modi’s India
WHEN Parakala Prabhakar published his essays in April last year in a book titled The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis, one ignored it on suspicion…
Paradox Modi
Assuming office as the chief minister of Gujarat in 2001, Narendra Modi’s rise subsequently and the metamorphosis that would follow was a surprise occurrence to very few. This period saw…
Modi’s populism after India election reversal puts public finances at risk
After reverses in the general election and facing possible losses in state polls this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition has stepped up cash handouts, debt waivers and other…
Modi’s countermeasures and 2024
IT goes without saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would take every possible countermeasure against an invigorated opposition alliance, which believes the 2024 battle against his two-term, right-wing rule, though uphill,…
As Modi tries to disown Nehru
A CURSORY glance at Wikipedia shows that Pakistan has had as close a relationship with Ukraine as India ever had, or possibly better, including vital defence ties. In fact, in…
Modi 3.0
Modi had been flying too close to the sun. While now his rise has come to a halt, he will continue to rule the country for another five years –…
