Indian democracy

India's election was an eye-opener for struggling democracies

Modi now relies on two more secular regional leaders, political tacticians who could potentially outmanoeuvre the Modi-Shah duo.

Indian democracy’s moment of truth

Once admired for its commitment to pluralism, India no longer stands out as a model democracy.

BYLINE / How can an Italian court murder Indian democracy?

The ancients knew their metaphors. They classified the state of a human mind into four categories, or 'humours', based on bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, melancholy and choler [or bile].