Elections in India — home to more than 1.4 billion people — are perpetual, noisy, and fiercely contested. Every few months, in the world’s largest democracy, millions line up to vote somewhere.

This month’s episode of Beyond the Indus explores the rise of Hindu politics outside India, and how it is changing the dynamic of Hindu communities and diaspora worldwide. We speak to Biswas Baral, ...

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. Beyond legislators’ reluctance to face scrutiny, the SCI also failed to address broader structural and ...

NARENDRA MODI, India’s prime minister, is a once-in-a-generation political phenomenon. He commands support for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) across class, caste and language. He is the face of his ...