Tag: Narendra Modi

A substantial majority in Parliament does not make a “strong” government. The Alliance will be anything but a monolithic group and will permanently be criss-crossed by a variety

From Macaulay to Modi

Letter from New Delhi

Last week on the night of 9th June, extremist militants of ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, overran and captured Mosul, the second largest city in

“Industrial society is the only society ever to live by and rely on sustained and perpetual growth, on an expected and continuous improvement,” wrote British social anthropologist and

With hope against hope, I am willing to accept that perhaps there is more good than bad happening around the world. The puzzle remains, though, that when we

In a communiqué dated 27th May, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Mauritius has set out latest developments in the Mauritius-India relationship in the wake of the Prime

Lessons in Democracy from India

A New Dawn For India

The first “exit polls” have been made public as soon as voting came to a close on Monday last, in an election which witnessed the participation of the

More than 800 million voters started casting votes in India on 7th April for a 543-member people’s assembly or Lok Sabha. Votes will be counted on 16th May.

Letter from New Delhi

In this column on the 27 December 2013, we wrote about the election of the AAM Aadmi Party (AAP) leader as follows: ‘Now we come to Arvind Kejriwal,

The success so far of the MOM project shows that when Indian wants, it can. It should want more, and on more fronts

Last Friday India announced its first prime ministerial candidate, Shri Narendra Modi, for the upcoming general elections due to be held in about 7-8 months. This was done