It took 58 days without food to change India's map. When Potti Sriramulu began fasting in October 1952, he was asking for something then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had repeatedly resisted: a ...

With its Chandrayaan-3 mission, India has become the fourth nation to land on the moon. Dimitrios Stroikos has been exploring the complexities around the international politics of space, with a ...

For decades, Indian politics has followed a pattern. It has been all about building a caste coalition, consolidating a religious voter bloc, cultivating a family legacy, and then fighting elections ...

An Indian youth movement led by an organization calling itself ‘the Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP) has called a halt to weeks of protest in India, after securing a significant victory: India’s ...

Veteran Indian politician Mulayam Singh Yadav has died at the age of 82. The former federal defence minister had been admitted to a private hospital near Delhi more than a fortnight ago. After his ...

Cricket has long been more than a game in South Asia. For Pakistan and India, it is a contest laden with symbolism, watched by millions who see the pitch as an extension of history and politics. This ...

Smt Maneka Gandhi, the Indian minister for women & child development, is likely to table ‘The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2018’ (hereafter, the bill) in the ...