The recent blocking of the “Cockroach Janata Party” account revealed something deeper than the fate of a meme page or a digital political formation. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) is an anonymous, ...

Youth-led protests have forced concessions in India and changed governments in Nepal and Bangladesh. Can those victories produce lasting political reform? Asia has seen a surge of “Gen Z protests,” ...

Indian elections are no longer just battles between political parties. They are becoming contests between larger-than-life personalities — and no leader has reshaped this political culture more ...

As I strolled around the Jantar Mantar astronomical observatory in Delhi on July 28, the atmosphere was finally calm. Jantar Mantar had been the focus of the recent “cockroach” protests, in which tens ...

For decades, Indian politics has followed a pattern. It has been all about building a caste coalition, consolidating a religious voter bloc, cultivating a family legacy, and then fighting elections ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a rare defeat last week after a bill to reserve one-third of seats in the lower house of parliament for women failed to get enough support. The bill was ...