Inventing Hindu Supremacy

Mihir Dalal in Aeon: To understand Narendra Modi’s India, it is instructive to grasp the ideas of the Hindu Right’s greatest ideologue, the world of British colonial India in which they emerged, and the historical feebleness of the present regime. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a polymath who read law in London, enjoyed Shakespeare, admired theContinue reading “Inventing Hindu Supremacy”

“India is (not) going back into the background anymore. It has arrived.”

Modi’s economy also offers a ‘real alternative’ to China Excerpt of analysis by Diksha Madhok in CNN: India is said to be a prime candidate to benefit from the ‘friend-shoring’ of supply chains, notably at the expense of China. It has a surging young population and humming factories, and market watchers are hoping that Modi’s ruling BharatiyaContinue reading ““India is (not) going back into the background anymore. It has arrived.””

Pakistan Needs a Plan

Noah Smith at Noahpinion: Pakistan is a vast country of 231.4 million people. It’s one of only nine countries in the world with nuclear weapons. It’s located in South Asia, which is now one of the world’s most dynamic and fast-growing regions. It has generally favorable relationships with both the United States and China. ItContinue reading “Pakistan Needs a Plan”