In ‘Secular States, Religious Politics’, Sumantra Bose explains how the BJP has replaced the political idiom of secularism with a powerful one of nationalism.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
Too early to draw any definitive conclusions from one remarkable electoral victory. Hindutva does not resonate in the South or East. The Dalits have a troubled history with the Right, see little happening on the ground to give them comfort. The ability to carry different governments along, starting from Delhi itself, is yet to emerge, to give content to cooperative federalism. My heart tells me there is now growing realisation within the establishment itself that majoritarian excesses are proving counterproductive. Over seventy years, the Indian state was beginning to get quite a few things right. The Muslims, in economic terms, were little better off than the Dalits, yet they did not feel besieged. We need to reclaim a philosophy that has served a India well, provided a by and large harmonious framework – barring Kashmir and the north east – in which economic growth and national greatness can be pursued.
Too early to draw any definitive conclusions from one remarkable electoral victory. Hindutva does not resonate in the South or East. The Dalits have a troubled history with the Right, see little happening on the ground to give them comfort. The ability to carry different governments along, starting from Delhi itself, is yet to emerge, to give content to cooperative federalism. My heart tells me there is now growing realisation within the establishment itself that majoritarian excesses are proving counterproductive. Over seventy years, the Indian state was beginning to get quite a few things right. The Muslims, in economic terms, were little better off than the Dalits, yet they did not feel besieged. We need to reclaim a philosophy that has served a India well, provided a by and large harmonious framework – barring Kashmir and the north east – in which economic growth and national greatness can be pursued.