NYTIMES (Anupreeta Das) - Modi Is Hedging Against Trump, One Deal at a Time
In a year of globe-trotting, the Indian prime minister has secured deals around the world as the United States becomes less dependable.
NYTIMES (Anupreeta Das, Suhasini Raj and Atul Loke) - India’s Hindu Right Has a New Hero: A 17th-Century Warrior King
Statues of Shivaji are rising everywhere. The founder of the Maratha empire who fought against the Mughal dynasty is now a symbol for nationalists remaking the country.
NYTIMES (Alex Travelli, Hari Kumar and Pragati K.B.) - Modi’s Triumph in West Bengal Elections Puts Him Closer to an Opposition-Free India
With his triumph in West Bengal state elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved closer to his dream of an opposition-free India.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Modi's party takes control of India's West Bengal in key state election
The outcome is expected to strengthen Modi's political position midway through his third term.
NYTIMES (Alex Travelli, Hari Kumar and Pragati K.B.) - Modi’s B.J.P. Wins West Bengal State Election for the First Time
The party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took control of West Bengal for the first time and made gains around the country. Its defeated opponents accused it of cheating.
NYTIMES (Anupreeta Das and Hari Kumar) - Mother Runs for Office in India After Daughter Was Raped and Killed
Ratna Debnath is a candidate for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, which is campaigning on women’s safety in an Indian state election.
NYTIMES (Anupreeta Das, Hari Kumar and Atul Loke) - ‘Didi vs. Modi’: A Test for the Hindu Right in India’s Bengali Heartland
The party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been making gains in a state once beyond its grasp, but many decry an audit that removed nine million voters, many of them Muslim.
NPR (Omkar Khandekar) - India cracks down on satirists for turning its prime minister into a punch line
India's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back.