Modifying India
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CBI to Lokpal to CIC: What has Modi’s record been like on the government’s own ‘chowkidars’?
The BJP-led government has attacked and undermined most institutions meant to keep a check on the state.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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The Indian elite’s spending habits have kept the economy going under Modi
The prime minister has only the Indian consumer and his own government’s spending to thank for economic growth.
Nupur Anand, qz.com
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From CBI to RBI, an incomplete list of institutions that Narendra Modi has undermined or threatened
This BJP government has left its mark on every section of the Indian republic.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right
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How Niti Aayog plans to transform India’s economy and quality of life by 2020
The think-tank’s report, titled Three Year Action Agenda, envisages a fully literate India that also has universal access to healthcare.
Manu Balachandran, qz.com
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Scrapping of Planning Commission isn't about economics so much as BJP's anti-Nehruvianism
The government's plan to jettison this institution follows a series of other moves to get rid of symbols that bear the indelible mark of the country's first prime minister.
Rajrishi Singhal, qz.com