The South Wing

Posts Tagged ‘2009 Lok Sabha elections’

Bridging the Gap: Combating Poverty in India

By Nachiket Udupa • Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: International

What the U.S.–and the rest of the world–has to gain by helping India.



Tamil Power

By Tuhin Menon • Jun 5th, 2009 • Category: International

Why conflict in Sri Lanka matters for the Indian elections



What Now?

By Jean Finch • Jun 1st, 2009 • Category: International

What the Indian elections mean



India's Young Elite

By Ravikiran Rao • May 12th, 2009 • Category: International

What does India’s young, urban, over-educated bloc want politically?



After Manmohan Singh

By Jean Finch • May 6th, 2009 • Category: International

Who might be the next Prime Minister of India



Fractured Politics

By Jean Finch • Apr 17th, 2009 • Category: International

In a country of a billion people, politicians focus on the local rather than national



Why Are Indian Elections So Different?

By Kunal Sawardekar • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: International

Some of the things that make Indian politics so exciting



Varun's Effect

By Tuhin Menon • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: The Blog

Since our previous article

, Varun Gandhi’s inflammatory comments have become a key point of discussion amongst parties and candidates trying to define themselves ahead of the 2009 Indian Lok Sabha elections. Nitish Kumar, current chief minister of Bihar and the leader of the Janata Dal, a [...]



Sectarianism in India

By Tuhin Menon • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: International

A descendant of a major Indian political family’s sectarian comments put the whole nation in an uproar