![Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, speaks to members of the media outside the President's House in New Delhi, India, on Friday, June 7, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2155803768.jpg)
India’s Elections Shocked the World. They Shouldn’t Have. India’s Elections Shocked the World. They Shouldn’t Have.
The roots of the revolt against Narendra Modi’s government were visible to anyone who cared to look.
Jun 10, 2024 / Arvin Alaigh
![Men stand in front of an election campaign hoarding of the Bharatiya Janata Party featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Varanasi on April 10, 2024, ahead of India's upcoming general elections.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Modi-India-election-getty.jpg)
Is India Still a Democracy? Is India Still a Democracy?
Narendra Modi has hollowed out institutions and targeted opponents, all the while sowing interethnic tensions.
Apr 12, 2024 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Christophe Jaffrelot
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If Narendra Modi Is Running a Global Death Squad, He’ll Be Protected by the Kissinger Doctrine If Narendra Modi Is Running a Global Death Squad, He’ll Be Protected by the Kissinger Doctrine
Trying to murder American citizens on American soil is no big deal—so long as the foreign policy elite likes you.
Dec 1, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Protesters chant after the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, with a photo of SIngh Nijjar on the left](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/singh-nijjar-ap.jpg)
Did Narendra Modi Kill a Canadian Citizen? Did Narendra Modi Kill a Canadian Citizen?
New cold war politics might end any investigation into the assassination of a Sikh activist before it begins.
Sep 22, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![A vehicle carries office furniture of The Kashmir Walla while vacating its office in Kashmir capital Srinagar as they have been served notice by the landlord after their website and social media has been blocked in India under the Information Technology Act, 2000, by the government of India, according to statement published by the news website, a regional prominent independent news organisation based in Srinagar Kashmir, founded in 2009 by founder-editor Fahad Shah, who is currently in jail for 18 months over press coverage of a gunfight.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kashmir-walla-getty.jpg)
India Has Killed Off the Remains of Kashmir’s Free Press India Has Killed Off the Remains of Kashmir’s Free Press
No one is willing to utter a word about the government attacks on journalists, a Kashmiri reporter says. “It’s as if we don’t exist.”
Aug 30, 2023 / Suchitra Vijayan
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Why Does Ro Khanna Want Modi to Address Congress? Why Does Ro Khanna Want Modi to Address Congress?
Despite his condemnations of Hindu nationalism, Representative Ro Khanna pushed for Modi to speak to a joint session of Congress and has received more than $110,000 from Hindu nati...
Jun 21, 2023 / Deeksha Udupa
![Narendra Modi and Joe Biden meeting](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Modi-Biden-Visit.jpg)
Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence
Young Indian-Americans—and Americans at large—cannot ignore President Biden’s tacit endorsement of repression, authoritarianism, and religious intolerance.
Jun 21, 2023 / StudentNation / Shraddha Joshi
![US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/howdy-modi-rt-img-1440x907-1.jpg)
What We Can Learn From the Surge of Far-Right Violence in India What We Can Learn From the Surge of Far-Right Violence in India
Too many upper-caste Indians and white Americans think of themselves as the only ones worthy of enjoying the spoils of the earth.
May 26, 2023 / Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox
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Hindu Nationalism’s Alarming Rise in the US Goes Beyond Texas Hindu Nationalism’s Alarming Rise in the US Goes Beyond Texas
The 2019 Houston rally—where Trump and Modi rubbed elbows—wasn’t the end of Hindutva's ascent in the United States.
Sep 15, 2022 / Pranay Somayajula
![Five men sit around a table, where one is at work on a laptop](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/kashmir-journalists-ap-img.jpg)
India’s Press Crackdown: The Silencing of Journalists in Kashmir India’s Press Crackdown: The Silencing of Journalists in Kashmir
Police charged Fahad Shah, editor in chief of The Kashmir Walla and a Nation contributor, with sedition. Under India’s anti-terrorism laws, he could face life in prison or the deat...
Feb 25, 2022 / Suchitra Vijayan