As daughters and sisters stake their claims, succession in Indian political families is getting increasingly contested. Dynastic politics has long been a defining feature of Indian democracy. Since independence, parties have often witnessed leadership transitions along familial lines, most notably the Indian National Congress. Over time, this tendency deepened, and nepotism became a recurring critique of the system. In recent years, however, dynastic politics has evolved into

The recent conviction of Amit Jogi underscores how, despite delays and distortions, India’s justice system can still bring the powerful to account Amit Jogi The complexities of India’s judicial system, and its eventual credibility, are best illustrated not in abstract doctrine but in the fate of the powerful. Few propositions are more frequently doubted and more intermittently vindicated than the idea that the law can reach those once thought untouchable. The recent convictio

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has moved decisively closer to an outright majority in the Rajya Sabha after the latest biennial polls, a shift that political strategists say is the product of careful arithmetic, opportunistic cross voting and a sustained focus on state level strength. With the ruling party now holding 106 of the 245 seats in the Upper House, it stands 17 short of the 123 seat majority mark; yet the pattern of recent results and the calendar of forthcoming