Namo Politics
-
‘Insecure megalomaniac’: Opposition targets Modi for rapid transit trains being named as Namo Bharat
The BJP has been using ‘Namo’, an acronym for Narendra Modi, to refer to the prime minister during election campaigns.
Scroll Staff
-
Saba Naqvi: The Narendra Modi cult moves up another level
By naming a stadium after himself and putting his image on Covid-19 certificates, we see the transition to making him the symbol and emblem of the nation-state.
Saba Naqvi
-
What Modi’s Central Vista plan says about his vision of a New India
It’s the Gujarat model, scaled up.
Amrita Shah
Trending
-
View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
-
Check claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP during mock polls in Kerala, Supreme Court tells EC
-
Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
-
Beyond the hype: Why the BJP is eyeing Tamil Nadu’s most prosperous region
-
The Tamil Nadu voter who views the BJP as a threat to the education system
-
Ram Guha: Modi personality cult runs contrary to BJP’s own objections to worship of individuals
It shows why Ambedkar was right to be deeply worried about the dangers to Indian democracy from blind hero-worship.
Ramachandra Guha
-
‘Narendra Modi remains by far the most popular national figure in Indian politics,’ finds Pew study
‘The public’s positive assessment of Modi is buoyed by growing contentment with the Indian economy,’ the survey by the American think tank found.
Scroll Staff
-
Watch: Modi needs only one hand to spin khadi thread, while Gandhi and everyone else needs two
Another twist in the continuing saga of the spin.
Scroll Staff
Video
-
Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
-
Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
-
Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
-
Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
-
Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
-
Vote bank politics: Why Modi is silent on the attacks on Dalits in Gujarat
No leader angers his core supporters to keep floating voters happy.
Ajaz Ashraf
-
Modi sympathisers among India’s public intellectuals are writing columns oozing disappointment
The assessment about his government’s performance in the first weeks in office, even among those seen as his supporters, is bleak.
Diksha Madhok, qz.com