Christophe Jaffrelot on the way Hindutva is changing history and science textbooks in schools

An excerpt from ‘Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy’.

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Nov 19, 2021 · 08:30 am

New Cold War: The Taliban’s return to Afghanistan is an undeniable setback for India

In the aftermath of the fall of Kabul, a coalition between China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan seems to be solidifying.

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Aug 25, 2021 · 09:00 am

Ambivalent to the core: How the judiciary capitulated – or resisted – during the Emergency

An excerpt from ‘India’s First Dictatorship: The Emergency 1975-77’, by Christophe Jaffrelot and Pratinav Anil.

Christophe Jaffrelot

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Pratinav Anil

· Feb 08, 2021 · 08:30 am

In Ahmedabad’s Juhapura, exploring the paradoxes of Muslim ghettoisation

Perplexing features of the area’s political economy are not separate from Gujarat’s long history of Hindu nationalism.

Sharik Laliwala

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Christophe Jaffrelot

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Priyal Thakkar

· Jan 07, 2021 · 09:00 am

New red lines: Christophe Jaffrelot lists seven key takeaways from the India-Pakistan conflict

The Balakot air strike allows Narendra Modi to face Indian voters with a greater chance of winning even if it is at the cost of increased polarisation.

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Mar 12, 2019 · 08:00 am

How former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan tamed the criminalisation of Indian politics

‘Even the most virulent critics of his megalomaniac and autocratic tendencies recognised Seshan’s unprecedented efficiency in protecting the electoral process.’

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Feb 08, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How Narendra Modi brought industrialists to Gujarat (and cut many corners in the process)

In ‘Business and Politics in India’, the facts, figures and fiction of the Gujarat model are investigated closely.

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Jan 04, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How Gujarat Congress embraced conservatism: The story of MK Gandhi, Indulal Yagnik and Sardar Patel

An excerpt from a forthcoming journal explains the grand old party’s porosity with the BJP and Hindu traditionalists in the state.

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Oct 06, 2017 · 08:00 am

Why Pakistan's domestic policy is more sensitive to external dynamics than India's

An excerpt from a book edited by the respected French scholar exploring politics and governance across the border.

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Apr 19, 2016 · 08:30 am

The three contradictions of being a country named Pakistan

An account of the decade that shaped Pakistan, through its pre- and post-Partition history.

Christophe Jaffrelot

· Jun 29, 2015 · 08:30 am