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Is India seeing a decline in violence?

Public violence is declining in India, but the rise in intimidation and lynching is worrying, says a new study.

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Why many young Muslims are leaving India

Rising majoritarianism has sparked a quiet exodus of young, educated, affluent Muslims.

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CAA–NRC and the Struggles to Save India s Secular Polity | Economic and Political Weekly

CAA–NRC and the Struggles to Save India s Secular Polity | Economic and Political Weekly
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Exploited as foot soldiers, how Muslims are getting crushed by Bengal s political violence

Instead of education and jobs, the political leadership of the party in power has relied on lumpen cadres to ensure their dominance in rural Bengal.

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How (and why) did India s public come to approve of state violence being built into administration?

In ‘The Law of Force’, Thomas Blom Hansen examines how violence has crossed over into the domain of political performance in India.

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