- Last week, Prime Minister Modi delivered his first Independence Day address, which was widely well received.
- Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya argue that this speech 'marks the beginning of India’s full emergence as a postcolonial nation-state'.
- PB Mehta says this is the first Independence Day speech that 'did not lean upon the authority or pedigree of anything else, but the people'.
- And Tavleen Singh commends the speech for reminding Indians of the things many would rather not acknowledge.
- Manoj Joshi on why India must get serious about Chinese military modernisation.
- 'That hashtag was my colleague': a powerful first-hand account of the media circus surrounding last year’s Mumbai gang-rape, written by a colleague of those attacked.
- How can India get its monetary policy back on track?
- New Yorker profiles Vandana Shiva, an Indian activist campaigning against genetically modified crops.
- Why India should look to build ties with energy-rich Central Asian states.
- This week, India cancelled Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan following a meeting between the Pakistani High Commissioner and the leader of a Kashmiri separatist group . Siddharth Varadarajan argues that this decision reveals Modi’s lack of experience on foreign policy, but Ashok Malik thinks talks with Pakistan can wait.
- Varghese K George argues that Hindutva ideology has now moved from the fringe to the centre of Indian politics.
- Is the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty on its last legs?
India links: Independence Day, Pakistan talks, Central Asia, GM crops, Hindutva and more
Published 22 Aug 2014
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