India In Transition
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Do Muslim voters want only Muslim politicians to represent them?
Muslim leadership cannot be reduced to electing Muslim leaders.
Hilal Ahmed
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This political science theory explains the success of caste reservations in India
With unique characteristics like extensive reservations, personal law and linguistic states, Indian democracy is very different from those in the West.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Narendra Modi wants the nation to revive the Quit India spirit. But will his own party pay heed?
In a recent Mann Ki Baat speech, the prime minister urged his countrymen to fight communalism, casteism and poverty, just as they once fought colonialism.
Sudheendra Kulkarni
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech
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Watch: Yogendra Yadav on why the crisis facing India is deeper than Narendra Modi and demonetisation
'Politics has died because we have limited it to the electoral arena.'
Scroll Staff
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Partisans vs. Conciliators: India’s Afghanistan policy remains focussed on Pakistan
As Kabul experiments peace talks with Pakistan, the best India can do is support the initiative despite its reservations about its success.
Avinash Paliwal