Narendra Modi’s election as Prime Minister (PM) in 2014 presaged the most dramatic alignment of political power equations in India’s northeastern states since Independence. Until 2016,…
Author: Nalin Mehta
Nalin Mehta
Professor Nalin Mehta is Dean, School of Modern Media, UPES; Advisor, Global University Systems and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University Singapore. He is an award-winning social scientist, journalist and author who has held senior leadership positions in major Indian media companies; international financing institutions like the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at universities and institutions in Australia (ANU, La Trobe University), Singapore (NUS), Switzerland (International Olympic Museum) and India (IIM Bangalore, Shiv Nadar University).
Outside of the local political dynamics of Agartala, Kohima, and Shillong, the results of the latest assembly elections indicate that the processes that drove this wider reframing of the regional political chessboard over the last eight years by Modi’s new BJP have deepened and taken greater root
Soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a whopping 66 per cent hike in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to Rs 79,590 crore in the…
This interview of Nalin Mehta by Aditi Phadnis appeared in Business Standard on 15 January 2023. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s comments this week…
“This was a signal from the Sangh for the extremists to pipe down,” says Author @nalinmehta Political Analyst and Advocate @touseefakhan with his views “He called…
This article was published in ‘South Asian History and Culture’, Vol. 6, Issue 2, on 23 Feb. 2015 Abstract This article outlines how fresh historical evidence…
This article by Nalin Mehta was published in Economic and Political Weekly on 28 December 2019. India’s 2019 general election was the first national election contested…
This interview of Nalin Mehta for Times of India by Jaya Battacharji Rose appeared in TOI BookMark on 5 January 2023. Listen to the full podcast…
This interview of Nalin Mehta for Hindustan Times by Manjula Narayan appeared in Smartcast on 13 January 2022. Listen to the full podcast here “If the ground…
This interview of Nalin Mehta for The Hindu by Nistula Hebbar appeared in The Hindu on Books Podcast on 15 March 2022. Listen to the full podcast…
