The BJP's poorer-than-expected performance gives its potential coalition partners more leeway as Modi awaits an invitation from India's president to form a new government
The scion of a famous dynasty leads an opposition alliance into the 2024 elections. Today, he is both dismissed and feared by rivals. As Indians prepare to vote, he has honed his appeal.
The recently implemented CAA law grants Indian citizenship to certain non-Muslims. Critics decry it as yet another step towards fascism in the world's largest democracy.
India's opposition simply cannot compete with the BJP's money, power, mass mobilisation tools and media control, making a Modi victory come April a near-guarantee
A viral video of a Muslim boy being repeatedly struck by Hindu classmates on the orders of his teachers caused outrage. But that may suit ruling politicians chasing the votes of a dominant majority.
When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response
Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.
Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.