BY MELISSAH YANG MUMBAI — Meera Sanyal came looking for a fight. A parliamentary candidate for the Mumbai...
Apr 14, 2014
India: A primer for the biggest elections in world history
BY HEATHER MCILVAINE AND MATT HAMILTON MUMBAI — On Monday the world’s largest democracy began the six-week process of...
Apr 07, 2014
Hindu nationalism takes driver’s seat in Indian election
MUMBAI — His face is everywhere in this coastal city of more than 12 million, India’s commercial capital...
Apr 07, 2014
Hindu nationalists and rationalists make strange neighbors in Pune
PUNE, India — They gather every Monday evening promptly at six, a group of atheists, Hindus, Muslims and Christians,...
Apr 07, 2014
Low-caste Indians look to Modi and BJP in elections
BY HEATHER MCILVAINE AND MATT HAMILTON MUMBAI — For years, India’s Dalits have found an ally in the left-leaning...
Apr 07, 2014
Marginalized Indian Muslims ambivalent at election time
BY BRIANNA SACKS MUMBAI — The humid Tuesday evening wanes as Akeel Shaikh, 19, spews a blend of...
Apr 07, 2014