Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash, reshaped Maharashtra's politics in surprising ways.

Tension between traditional spiritual authority and political Hindutva is growing. Religious leaders feel that the government ...

Recent debates on Indian politics are often staged through familiar contrasts: muscular nationalism versus compromised secularism, decisive leadership versus khichdi coalitions, and authentic popular ...

Elections in India — home to more than 1.4 billion people — are perpetual, noisy, and fiercely contested. Every few months, in the world’s largest democracy, millions line up to vote somewhere.

Amogh Dhar Sharma’s The Backstage of Democracy is not a casual academic book. It is a serious, urgent and deeply revealing account of how Indian elections have been fundamentally transformed, not by ...

Political polarisation hurting transparency; India ‘mystery’ for global investors: Abhijit Banerjee ...

President Trump’s repeated descriptions of U.S. mediation efforts between India and Pakistan have hit sore spots in Indian politics. By Mujib Mashal Reporting from New Delhi Russia is still waging its ...