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    Why Modi is the new Nehru for the Indian cultural right

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 20, 20220

    [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi’s political ascendance, and what it means for India, is as impactful and far-reaching as the political imprint left by the country’s first…

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    The new BJP is the old Congress — with teeth and claw, plus data

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 16, 20220

    This review of Nalin Mehta’s ‘The New BJP’ appeared in The Federal News on 16 January, 2022. All eyes are on this crucial assembly election. Between…

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    Congress issues first list of candidates for Punjab polls; Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest from Amritsar East

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 15, 20220

    Congress issues first list of candidates for Punjab polls; Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest from Amritsar East@_sabanaqvi and @nalinmehta with their insights.#March10WithTimesNow @DEKAMEGHNA #PunjabElections22 pic.twitter.com/Ph9azuiuAt —…

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    I’m a Hindu and I Support Ram Mandir. This is Why I Read Quran

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 15, 20220

    A Quran handed down for seven generations of a Hindu zamindar family and a mosque they built 150 years ago show why the Ganga-Jamuna tehzeeb is…

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    How Muslims Fare in BJP’s Welfare Schemes

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 14, 20220

    BJP leaders often claim that there is no religious bias when it comes to government schemes. A trip to a village in western UP offers some…

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    If YogiAdityanath fights from Ayodhya, it’s a huge talking point.

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 12, 20220

    #YogiFromAyodhya | Political Commentator @SandipGhose: If #YogiAdityanath fights from Ayodhya, it’s a huge talking point. BJP’s @rpsinghkhalsa speaks on the BJP exodus in UP. Watch #TheRightStand…

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    Nalin Mehta Writes: How BJP Won the UP Caste Game and Why Scholars Got it Wrong

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 8, 20220

    Ever since Yogi Adityanath became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, there have been allegations of ‘Thakur-raj’, or dominance by upper-caste Thakurs, in the state. His ascent…

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    Why More Women Vote BJP

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 7, 20220

    HE BJP DRAWS a distinction between ‘Western’ notions of feminism and its own. The older women’s movement drew on early global feminist movements to stress on…

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    A ‘Jai Sri Ram’ sticker and a family argument: The BJP and a personal retracing

    By Nalin MehtaJanuary 3, 20220

    An excerpt from ‘The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party’, by Nalin Mehta. My family’s first domestic political fight, as…

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    Professor Assa Doron: “Masterful account of the rise of BJP”

    By Nalin MehtaDecember 31, 20210

    Nalin Mehta’s book, ‘The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party’ is receiving rave reviews from leading global social scientists. Eminent…

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    Nalin Mehta is Managing Editor, Moneycontrol, Chief AI Officer - Editorial Operations, Network18 and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He is an award-winning Indian journalist, political scientist and author who has held senior leadership positions in major media companies and educational institutions; served as an international civil servant with the UN and the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at universities and institutions in Australia (La Trobe University, ANU), Singapore (NUS), Switzerland (International Olympic Museum) and India (Shiv Nadar University, IIM Bangalore).

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