Waquar Ahmed and Ipsita Chatterjee (North Texas): Contradictory Policies of Neoliberalizing India. Which India matters? Pankaj Mishra reviews An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen and Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries by Jagdish Bhagwati (and more) and Arvind Panagariya. Why isn't India a major global player? Jayanta Roy and Pritam Banerjee on the political economy of trade liberalization. From Outlook, who’s afraid of President Modi? A special issue on Election 2014 (and more at The Caravan). Adam Taylor and Anup Kaphle on 5 reasons you should be following India’s jaw-droppingly enormous elections. Who is Narendra Modi and why is the world afraid of him leading India? Prem Shankar Jha on the most fateful election in India's history. Can India's likely next prime minister unleash his country's economy without allowing his Hindu nationalist base to run free? Saurav Datta on how religious bigotry and the government's abdication of responsibility jointly endanger free speech. Wendy Doniger on India and censorship by the Batra Brigade. The Doctor and the Saint: Arundhati Roy on Ambedkar, Gandhi and the battle against caste. Siddhartha Deb interviews Arundhati Roy, author of Capitalism: A Ghost Story, on India’s wealth divide and the impending elections. Meera Subramanian on India’s golden chance: Behind the headlines of sexual violence is a culture where girls are forced into marriage and early motherhood — how will the next generation break the cycle? On trains in India, there’s one place women can feel safe. Maha Rafi Atal on inequality, belief and elections in India: The world's largest democracy is voting, and the stakes are high.
