In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to Ashweetha Shetty, founder of the Bodhi Tree Foundation. In 2012, Ashweetha Shetty left a remote village in Tamil Nadu to join the Young India Fellowship, a one-year post-graduate diploma...
The re-election of India’s Hindu right-wing government could put minorities at risk. India’s general elections were the most wide-ranging and possibly most expensive election campaign in the nation’s history. In emphatic style, Prime Minister...
Revulsion for corruption and nepotism makes Indians vote for a leader with humble roots despite his poor track record and authoritarian tendencies. In April, this author called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic record abysmal. Yet he...
As congratulatory messages for Modi pour in from all parts of the world, it is important to remember that the journey doesn’t end at victory. Narendra Modi, the god-like leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), appears to have won another...
Indians need more opportunities, not cash transfers that drive up wages, lower incentives to work and hurt small businesses. This is the end of election season in India. Parties have announced many schemes. Although the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party...
