The violence which wracked the western Indian state of Gujarat ten years ago has almost become a metaphor for a particular aspect of India’s contemporary reality. The metaphor is described differently, depending on whether one is a supporter of Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi or an opponent. Read the rest of this entry »
The Secret of Modi’s Success
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Tags: Adivasi, Bharatiya Janata Party, Capitalism, Dalit, Democracy, Gujarat killings 2002, Hindutva, indian capitalists, KHAM, Muslim, Narendra Modi, Patidar
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The Significance of Uttar Pradesh
25 04 2009This is the draft of the edit I wrote for EPW published in the 18-24 April, 2009 edition.
[Uttar Pradesh as a bellwether province in the Indian general elections; then and now.] Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Brahmin, Congress, Dalit, Mayawati, Muslim, Samajwadi Party
Categories : EPW, Mobilisation and Movements, Politics, Religion, Secularism, Secularisation
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