The Wire Hindi editor Ashutosh Bhardwaj is in a conversation with historian Ramachandra Guha over his new book 'Speaking With Nature' which traces the origins of Indian environmentalism.

In Kashmir, the voter not only rejected the BJP, it also loudly stood against a party that had formed an alliance with the BJP.

There are at least four dimensions to how the Indian state has allowed the vast cultural capital that bound it to Eastern Europe go to seed.

'I think it's clear that there are limits to what this sort of international opinion can do if a country is very adamant about having its own way,' the ambassador said on Israel.

The Haridwar district administration told The Wire that the controversial tender put out on June 24 for dredging the Ganga was 'invited only after obtaining due legal opinion.' But there are serious contradictions and dangers in the government’s latest proposal for the fragile Himalayan eco-zone.

Several myths were taken apart in these elections. In India, with all the institutions currently in a state of collapse, elections have emerged as the only check on executive overreach.

Narendra Modi and the BJP fought this election in only his name. The lack of majority, then, should come down to him.

Though the Left parties have little electoral importance beyond the universities, larger Left politics – of land reforms and welfare measures – have left their imprint in the mountainous state.

Unlike her competitor, Congress's Vikramiditya Singh, Ranaut has no family, no political experience – and not even an army of loyal supporters.

What could be the political consequences of the RSS weighing the unprecedented benefits of the space Modi – the most popular Sangh leader in modern Indian history – has given them and their ideology, versus the costs of the domination of the 99-year old parent wing by one pracharak?

It is believed that in the Congress a candidate contests the elections, while in the BJP the organisation handles the responsibility. But this time, there seems to be little enthusiasm in the BJP-RSS cadres.

Recalling the beginning of the arc from 2014, when the middle-class hero from Delhi jumped in to contest Narendra Modi from Varanasi. Much has changed from that contest and much remains the same.

The Ayodhya assembly is founded on untruth and adharma. What its courtiers term as the triumph of truth has emerged from deceit and brute force.

The list has come at a time when journalism stands threatened because a large section of the media community has chosen to shelve their quiver, and opted to adjust and accommodate.

The IT department's notice to CPR prominently cites the latter's ties with an NGO in Chhattisgarh that has been associated with protests against mining in Hasedo. What the notice, however, does not state is that Hasdeo is the site of a massive Adivasi movement against the Adani Group for over a decade.

Among the core committee members are Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, Swami Prabodhanand, Hindu Mahasabha’s general secretary Annapurna Bharti alias Pooja Shakun, Pandit Adhir Kaushik, Sindhu Maharaj and Swami Darshan Bharti.

While the Hindutva brigade's hate speeches have drawn international attention, their other activities have gone unnoticed  — imparting weapons training to adolescent boys and girls and raising an armed vigilante brigade. 

If Himanta Biswa Sarma's claim is to be believed, the BJP has not helped by encouraging smaller parties to split the secular vote.