India In Transition
-
Do Muslim voters want only Muslim politicians to represent them?
Muslim leadership cannot be reduced to electing Muslim leaders.
Hilal Ahmed
-
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
-
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
Trending
-
‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
-
Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
-
Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
-
In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
-
Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
-
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
-
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