Talk of the Prime Minister's successful economic stewardship is key to his appeal and legitimacy. Yet the record is far from clear cut.
Debasish Roy Chowdhury
Debasish Roy Chowdhury is the co-author of To Kill A Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism
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Delhi has tried to mend fences after BJP officials angered Islamic countries with Islamophobic remarks. It won't help India's Muslims.
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Hindu mob violence and state persecution during Ramadan have left India's Muslims more fearful than ever of their place in the country.
Championed personally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a new Bollywood drama is inflaming hatred against an already fearful Muslim minority.
Delhi's silence over the brutal invasion of Ukraine by longstanding ally Russia suits India's strategic goals—and Washington's.
Far from defending freedom, the summit offers a legitimizing platform to some of democracy's worst offenders, argues Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
A horrific lynching poses a stark warning to both nations about the dangers of stoking religious hate, says Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
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The Indian leader's climbdown on contentious farm laws is simply a strategic bid to preserve his voter base, argues Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
To keep winning elections, India's BJP needs to keep polarizing voters—and Muslims are paying a terrible price, says Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
Anxiety over masculinity, reflected in China's TV ban on "effeminate men," is typical of empires on the rise, argues Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
Afghanistan again serves as a reminder of America’s capacity for mayhem with its ill-conceived interventions, argues Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
“India’s vaccine nationalism—along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s empty showboating—not only plunged India into an unexpected vaccine shortage, but also put countries at great risk,” writes Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
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