New research examines the organisational reasons why Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been so successful at winning elections since 2014.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on BJP
Displaying 1 - 20 of 59 articles
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
The government’s alleged targeting of opposition figures, as well as a new system allowing anonymous donations to political parties, is believed to have given the BJP a huge edge.
Ahead of elections in India, a series of films that promote the ruling party’s right-wing ideology are seeking to influence voters. An art historian explains how the trend started.
Modi’s party has struggled to generate jobs for young people, but is highly adept at marshalling votes to win elections.
Shah Rukh Khan’s new film sheds light on the history of UK migration policy.
Modi is running for his third consecutive term of office, but many believe he plans to remain in power indefinitely.
The Ram temple, built on the site of a destroyed mosque, could be used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to mobilise his Hindu nationalist supporters ahead of the elections.
The government’s use of the Hindi word for ‘India’ revives debates over whether Hindi should be the national language – and reopens some old wounds.
The move to rename India as ‘Bharat’ is part of a push by the Hindu nationalist right to create an ideologically pure state that in reality never existed.
The Indian prime minister’s rhetoric strayed a long way from reality.
The Indian central government has done little thus far to quell the ongoing ethnic violence in the state of Manipur.
In this podcast, @michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit and his rock-star welcome, The Voice, and the G7 and Quad meetings in Japan
The scion of India’s pre-eminent political dynasty is accusing the prime minister of undermining the country’s democracy.
Seventy five years after his killing, Gandhi’s image is under scrutiny, but the Indian government likes to use it for political gain.
For 6 months farmers in India have been protesting new laws which could destroy their livelihoods, but still the government is refusing to back down.
This is a transcript of episode 15 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, which includes a story on the discovery of microscopic fungi at the world’s largest seed bank.
After an Indian politician disparaged a woman for her lack of morals because she was wearing ripped jeans, an online protest erupted, reviving the original protest-culture of the ripped jean.
India’s farmers have been protesting for months. An expert on India’s agricultural sector explains why governments in the past have paid heed to their demands.
While a lighthearted dating show, can Indian matchmaking get away with not exploring the turbulent politics of caste oppression and violence against Muslims in India?
Job Board
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
-
Senior Disability Services Advisor
-
Deputy Social Media Producer
-
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
-
GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CHAIRPERSON
Top contributors
-
Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
-
Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD), Professor of Politics, International Relations, and Critical Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Westminster
-
Honorary Professor of International Relations, The University of Melbourne
-
Visiting Fellow, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate Professor, International Politics, University of Adelaide
-
Host of The Anthill Podcast, The Conversation
-
Reader, Westminster Law School, University of Westminster
-
Professor, English and Cultural Studies; Director, Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University
-
Associate Professor, Department of Humanity and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
-
Senior Lecturer in South Asian History, Keele University
-
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Maulana Azad National Urdu University
-
Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
-
Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University
-
Associate Professor, Durham University
-
Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
