Narendra Modi
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Will Pakistan, India try something new to revive key regional ties?
For a while, a breakthrough in ossified Pakistan-India relations seemed well underway. Signs of a rapprochement began with a late February reinstitution of a long-dormant cease-fire agreement along the Line of Control, the de facto border...April 6, 2021 2203 0 -
Bangladesh violence kills 11 as protests mar Modi’s visit
Eleven people were killed and dozens injured in violent protests that raged during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence. Protestors including members of...March 29, 2021 647 0 -
India’s persecution of Muslims shocks the Gulf region as Kuwait moves OIC
The Gulf region, which is home to millions of Indians, has finally woken up to the horror that Muslims are going through in the South Asian country, where a right-wing majoritarian government often shows anti-Muslim bias...April 28, 2020 152180 13 -
Will Modi learn from Emperor Akbar’s inclusiveness?
An illustration of Emperor Akbar holding a religious assembly including Jesuit missionaries Rodolfo Acquaviva and Francisco Henriques Credit:Nar Singh/Public Domain/Wikipedia About five centuries ago, India was the center of a thriving empire under the leadership of...December 28, 2019 3079 0 -
Why India cannot afford to shred its secular fabric
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), passed by the Indian Parliament on December 11, has triggered widespread protests across the country. Though large-scale agitations are not new to India, not since the days of the Emergency in...December 25, 2019 815 0 -
Genocide of Muslims in Kashmir, Assam a step away- Genocide Watch founder
A grim specter exists for genocide of Muslims in Kashmir and Assam, Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch told an audience on the Capitol Hill while finding parallels between the BJP Government in New Deli and Nazis...December 15, 2019 869 0 -
Trump terms Modi’s statement against Pakistan as ‘very aggressive’
President Donald Trump has termed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement against Pakistan at the Houston rally as “very aggressive” and expressed surprise that such a statement was made at Sunday’s event. In remarks at a...September 24, 2019 778 0 -
Massive Houston protests against Modi bring together America’s diverse communities
A huge protest in Houston Sunday denounced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies outside as his nationalist government continues to suppress Kashmiris under an unprecedented military lockdown that began with suspension of the disputed region’s autonomous...September 22, 2019 1030 0 -
Trump renews Kashmir mediation offer but also thinks Pakistan, India can address it themselves
As the Indian clampdown on Kashmir entered its fourth week, President Donald Trump said after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he remains available for a mediatory role but also felt that India and...August 26, 2019 686 0 -
Modi still has a chance to reverse India’s self-defeating course – but will he choose to do so?
The early warning signals coming out of India are blaring, as a disaster has been in the making for years. The unfolding crisis – not just in Kashmir but in mainland India – threatens to tear...August 24, 2019 1661 0