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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicMajoritarianism

Topic: Majoritarianism

Some fashionable words make no sense. Let’s start with ‘activist’

I find so many fashionable words of today quite inexplicable.

PM Modi asked ‘what is wrong with majoritarianism’. It’s a fair question

When Yogi Adityanath talks about 80-20, he is not claiming 80% of UP’s resources for 80% of the population; he is striving to deprive the remaining 20% of anything at all.

Indian news moguls have been willing to participate in political propaganda—for a price

Politics of Hate, edited by Farahnaz Ispahani, brings together noted scholars and experts to analyse religious majoritarianism in South Asia.

New collection of essays explores rise of religious majoritarianism in South Asia

Published by HarperCollins,'Politics of Hate: Religious Majoritarianism in South Asia' has been edited by Farahnaz Ispahani and will be released on 21 February on ThePrint’s Softcover.

From Tablighi Jamaat to Bilkis Bano—Majoritarianism growing in India, leftists not all wrong

To call leftists all wrong might be simple, even an utterly lucid argument. But coming from a doyen of the Hindu right in India, it is astonishing in its lack of nuance.

Leftists in India and US are same, use words like majoritarian-minoritarian to suit their needs

If you are opposed to Leftists, be it in India or US, you are almost certainly correct.

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.