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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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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Translated short fiction: A 73-year-old Indian man goes to Bangladesh, his ‘land of birth’, to die
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘One of the greatest statesmen’: When Canada celebrated an Indian prime minister’s visit
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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