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Blindsided by Trump, Modi is learning hard lessons about India’s place in the new world order | Mukul Kesavan
New Delhi spent decades cosying up to the US. The truth is, Washington doesn’t have allies outside the west – …
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India is witnessing the slow-motion rise of fascism | Mukul Kesavan
Whenever mainstream politicians begin to mutter about infiltrators, fifth columnists and failed assimilation, …
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As petals rained down and celebrities beamed, Modi unveiled his vision of a Hindu India | Mukul Kesavan
Built on the site of a razed mosque, the Ram temple represents the culmination of the Hindu right’s century-lo…
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Narendra Modi is struggling to be both anti-Muslim strongman and global leader | Mukul Kesavan
The Indian prime minister’s attempts to suppress a critical BBC documentary show how sensitive he is to his in…
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Boris Johnson is a patsy for populist leaders – as his India visit shows | Mukul Kesavan
By posing in a digger just after Muslim properties had been razed, Johnson is enabling Modi’s nationalist poli…
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While India is desperate for oxygen, its politicians deny there’s even a problem | Mukul Kesavan
As the second wave devastates India, there is a Nero-vian feel to it all: a smug, inert state indifferent to t…
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Here’s why tensions are running high on India and China’s border | Mukul Kesavan
Modi sells himself as a guardian of India. But a deadly clash with his most powerful neighbour shows his rheto…
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Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi serves Modi well | Mukul Kesavan
Clashes have been driven by a ruling party intent on painting its largely peaceful opponents as seditious sect…