Understanding politics across borders and divides
Published: October 17, 2026 Protests demanding the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, have spread from New Delhi to other cities since early October, turning a technical dispute over voter rolls into the most visible street challenge to Narendra Modi’s government in years. Opposition parties led by Congress, and a youth movement called … Read more
Published: September 2, 2026 On August 31, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan remains fully binding, rejecting every argument India has used to justify holding the treaty “in abeyance” since April 2025. The court also restricted construction at India’s Ratle hydroelectric plant … Read more
Published: July 28, 2026 India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, resigned on 25 July and took responsibility for the leak of the national medical entrance exam, ending two months of youth-led protests that had occupied central Delhi and turned violent the week before. Within hours the movement that forced him out, the satirical Cockroach Janta Party, … Read more
Published: July 18, 2026 Overview Narendra Modi is still Prime Minister in Delhi, but the political map beneath him has been redrawn since the last time anyone checked. Four of the five states that voted in April 2026 changed their government, most dramatically in West Bengal, where the Trinamool Congress lost power after fifteen … Read more