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...

India’s long-delayed delimitation, now entangled with women’s reservation and an overdue census, risks turning a democratic necessity into a  major political standoff. The greatest strength of Indian democracy lies in its population and its diversity. Yet, this very strength now...

The Women’s Reservation Bill, proposing 33 percent quotas in Parliament, ran aground on the shoals of a missing two-thirds majority. Yet, its failure may prove less a setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) than a carefully staged gambit,...