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Narendra Modi

the Dalai Lama as seen on someone's shirt | Dingena Mol/ANP/Newscom

Dalai Lama

Tibet Still Holds the Queen on the Geopolitical Chessboard

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, China prepares to name a rival successor. But the spiritual leader’s soft power has already thwarted Beijing’s efforts to erase Tibet’s identity.

Brabim Karki | 7.9.2025 5:00 PM

Dev Patel's character in 'Monkey Man' pointing a gun at the camera | Bron/Thunder Road/Monkey's Paw

Movies

Monkey Man Is No John Wick. But It's Invigorating, Politically Potent Action Cinema.

Dev Patel's action debut is a righteous, wild revenge film.

Peter Suderman | 4.5.2024 11:29 AM

Protesting farmers run away from tear gas shells used by the police near Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb.21, 2024. The protesting farmers began their march to the Indian capital last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked by authorities. | Rohit Lohia/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

India

The Government Can't Save India's Suffering Farmers

Protests in the country come from an understandable place. But their demands are divorced from certain unfortunate economic realities.

Varad Raigaonkar | 3.21.2024 4:13 PM

The BBC logo against a brick wall. | Chris Dorney | Dreamstime.com

India

Brickbat: Watch What You Say

Charles Oliver | 2.22.2023 4:00 AM

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Hindu Nationalism

India's Modi Imports American Discrimination 

Shikha Dalmia | 4.7.2020 6:00 AM

AmericanKidsFlagDreamstime | Pavel Ilyukhin/Dreamstime

Nationalism

The New Right-Wing Program of Cultural Nationalism Is Un-American and Illiberal

It will empower the state and will divide rather than unite Americans.

Shikha Dalmia | 3.3.2020 7:00 AM

Authoritarian fest | RAJ PATEL/UPI/Newscom

India

While Trump Was Praising Modi for Religious Freedom, Modi-Supporting Hindus Slaughtered Muslims in the Streets

Trump's failure to speak out against Modi's reign of lawlessness and terror is an epic abdication of responsibility.

Shikha Dalmia | 2.26.2020 11:30 AM

sipaphotosnine776751 | Hindustan Times/Sipa USA/Newscom

India

Modi Cheerleaders Are Abusing a Well-Intentioned American Refugee Law for Anti-Muslim Ends

They want to scrap the citizenship rights of Indian Muslims because America helped Soviet Jews and Christians.

Shikha Dalmia | 2.11.2020 11:15 AM

sipaphotosnine776751 | Hindustan Times/Sipa USA/Newscom

Narendra Modi

Indian Prime Minister Modi's Lawless Reign of Terror

Narendra Modi relies on private militants allied with his party to crack down on dissent.

Shikha Dalmia | 1.13.2020 11:10 AM

Modi-Obama | Dennis Brack/Newscom

Narendra Modi

Indian Prime Minister Modi's Useful Idiots in America Should Now Condemn Him

His brutal response to the protests against his anti-Muslim initiative reveal him as a Hindu nationalist, not a reformer.

Shikha Dalmia | 12.23.2019 9:55 AM

Modi Mask | Avishek Das / SOPA Images/Sipa U/Newscom

India

Like China, India's Modi Is Engaged in a Massive Faith Cleansing of Its Muslim Minority

He is yanking their rights and building detention camps.

Shikha Dalmia | 12.16.2019 10:50 AM

TrumpModi | CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom

Populism

The Decade Populism Went Mainstream

Roughly five times as many people live under populist governments now compared to 10 years ago.

Matt Welch | 12.11.2019 11:04 AM

sipaphotosnine776751 | Hindustan Times/Sipa USA/Newscom

India

Authoritarianism Is Winning on Every Front in India

Instead of its economy becoming more liberal, its polity is growing more illiberal.

Shikha Dalmia | 11.22.2019 10:00 AM

Modi Mask | Avishek Das / SOPA Images/Sipa U/Newscom

India

India Is Riding the Nativist Wave to Launch the Biggest Decitizenship Drive in Human History

This is a giant step in advancing Prime Minister Nardendra Modi's vision of India as a Hindu nation.

Shikha Dalmia | 8.28.2019 11:05 AM

sipaphotosnine776751 | Hindustan Times/Sipa USA/Newscom

Kashmir

Why Did Narendra Modi Crack Down in Kashmir?

Scrapping the province's autonomy is a ploy to distract from India's cratering economy.

Shikha Dalmia | 8.19.2019 12:30 PM

Hawk dressed in dove white? | KEVIN DIETSCH/UPI/Newscom

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard Is Anti-War but Not Pro-Peace

Her chumming around with the worst dictators is troubling.

Shikha Dalmia | 8.5.2019 1:15 PM

Modi Mask | Avishek Das / SOPA Images/Sipa U/Newscom

Narendra Modi

Is the Indian System Strong Enough to Survive Modi?

India, unlike America, lacks checks against the designs of a populist authoritarian.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.17.2019 9:35 AM

Modi Mask | Avishek Das / SOPA Images/Sipa U/Newscom

India

India's Prime Minister Plays the Fear Card After Botching Economic Reforms

He's promising voters protection from made-up threats instead of prosperity.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.26.2019 8:00 AM

Large image on homepages | tom-iurchenko/iStock

India

India at a Crossroads

India is known as the land of contradictions, and recent events do little to undermine that reputation.

Shikha Dalmia | 12.11.2018 6:00 AM

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Narendra Modi

Indian Prime Minister Flexes His Authoritarian Muscle

He is cooking up a red scare to justify a crackdown on human rights activists

Shikha Dalmia | 9.5.2018 5:15 PM

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India

Trump Is a Green Light for Illiberal Rulers Like India's Modi

The loss of liberalism in America will be costly for persecuted minorities elsewhere.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.5.2017 9:30 AM

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Narendra Modi

Indian Prime Minister's Shake Down of Private Wealth

Modi restores a command economy, ends liberalization.

Shikha Dalmia | 12.3.2016 10:00 AM

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India

RIP India's Economic Liberalization

PM Modi's demonetization is a scheme to rob private enterprise, just like his socialist predecessors did.

Shikha Dalmia | 11.29.2016 2:20 PM

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Politics

A Communist Student Is Igniting a Liberty Movement in India

If India's free market Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets away with his campus crackdown, it'll be bad for Pakistan

Shikha Dalmia | 3.10.2016 3:00 PM

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Politics

Why a Celibate Prime Minister and a Hollywood Porn Star Are India's New Deities

Why has Sunny Leone become a household name in chastity-worshiping India?

Shikha Dalmia | 1.19.2016 12:01 AM

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Policy

The Bizarre Rise of an American Porn Star in Narendra Modi's India

Sunny Leone has made a career out of sex and Modi out of his celibacy

Shikha Dalmia | 1.12.2016 8:57 AM

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Politics

How Silicon Valley Is Abetting Anti-Beef Hindu Barbarians in India

Mark Zuckerberg can atone for embracing Narendra Modi by sponsoring for asylum the family of the man lynched for eating beef.

Shikha Dalmia | 10.13.2015 12:01 AM

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Politics

Mark Zuckerberg Should Sponsor for Asylum the Family of Indian Muslim Lynched for Eating Beef

Silicon Valley's shameless courting of Indian PM Modi has fed the flames of Hindu zealotry in India

Shikha Dalmia | 10.8.2015 11:25 AM

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Narendra Modi

Shikha Dalmia on President Obama's Failure to Stick Up for Religious Liberties in India

He missed an important opportunity

Reason Staff | 1.28.2015 10:30 AM

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Politics

Obama Disses Religious Liberties in India

His visit missed an opportunity to speak up against the Modi government's assaults on religious minorities

Shikha Dalmia | 1.28.2015 10:30 AM

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Politics

Indian PM Modi Changes More Outfits than Michelle for Barack

Shikha Dalmia | 1.26.2015 2:25 PM

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Politics

Obama Should Take On Militant Hindu Extremists Not Global Warming During His India Trip

Shikha Dalmia | 1.23.2015 10:23 AM

Politics

India's Prime Minister Should Go Home and Get to Work

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tasteless New York rally was embarrassing and demonstrated his warped priorities.

Shikha Dalmia | 9.30.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on Indian PM Narendra Modi's Tasteless New York Rally

Reason Staff | 9.30.2014 8:30 AM

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