A 2026 wish for criticism that improves policy, protects reform
As we step into 2026, public debate in India should begin with a little New Year discipline. We should welcome scrutiny, even sharp criticism, but we should also insist that…
The quiet foundations for India’s next growth phase
As 2025 draws to a close, the loud headlines are easy to spot, but what is easier to miss is the quieter work of governance, the steady, week after week…
How BJP differs from dynastic parties
For much of independent India’s history, politics was shaped by a sense of entitlement that confused inheritance with legitimacy. One family and one party came to believe they were born…
Key to Bihar’s victory script is the new grammar of Modi politics, governance
The people of Bihar have delivered a mandate whose weight goes well beyond the arithmetic of seats. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won 202 of the 243 seats in…