The bureaucratization of politics and the political dynamics of bureaucratization within the Indian Administrative Service

Federalism implies a distribution of power between a central government and regional bodies, which promotes collaboration and ...
The Diplomat

Democracy Disfigured: India’s Political Devolution

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi installs the Sengol at the new parliament building in New Delhi, May 28, 2023. Credit: Prime Minister Office of India On May 28, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Foreign Affairs

The Indian System Is Breaking Down

While attending a wedding in March, M. K. Stalin, the chief minister of India’s fastest-growing state, Tamil Nadu, made a peculiar request: “Earlier we used to say, take your time and have a baby. But ...
The Conversation

The authoritarian leader’s playbook: how Narendra Modi captured India’s legal system and is rewriting the country’s history in his image

Sandhya Fuchs receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Wenner Gren Foundation and the Swiss National Fund On a crisp winter morning in February 2023, I meet one of my South Delhi neighbours, a ...