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Narendra Modi

Trump Isn’t Interested in Competing With China

September 17, 2025

A color photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walking on a red carpet after deplaning at a summit in China.

The Real Cost of Tariffs on India

September 10, 2025

A collage of Narendra Modi and Donald Trump shows them extending their hands to shake but blocked by a bar of yellow that divides the frame.

Why Arundhati Roy Fled Literary Fame

Anderson Tepper

September 8, 2025

Modi’s Escalation Trap

May 21, 2025

A photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking into a microphone.

Why This India-Pakistan Conflict Is Different

May 8, 2025

An illustration that includes photos of the Indian flag, the Pakistani flag, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi’s Populist Facade Is Cracking

Robert F. Worth

February 2025 Issue

Photo-illustration with black-and-white photo-realistic image of Modi with the outline of India's borders overlaid to look like cracks.

How a Strongman Made Himself Look Weak

November 30, 2024

Color photo of Narendra Modi standing next to Donald Trump with three American flags in the foreground

The Humbling of Narendra Modi

June 15, 2024

a supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a cutout of his face at a campaign rally in Chandrapur, India, on April 8, 2024.

India Is Starting to See Through Modi’s Nationalist Myth

June 5, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Modi juxtaposed with illustrations of the Hindu god Ram

Many Indians Don’t Trust Their Elections Anymore

May 10, 2024

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote.

How a Muslim Movie Star Triumphed in Hindu-Nationalist India

October 29, 2023

Illustration showing Shah Rukh Khan as a target

Violence Is the Engine of Modi’s Politics

August 30, 2023

An elderly man walks in an area deserted after communal clashes in Nuh in Haryana state, India, Tuesday, Aug., 1, 2023.

India Is Not Modi, We Once Said. I Wish I Still Believed It.

Zahir Janmohamed

June 23, 2023

A silhouette of Narendra Modi on an orange background has the shape of the map of India carved out of it.

What Narendra Modi Is Taking From Me

July 30, 2022

Narendra Modi delivers a speech.

The World’s Largest Democracy Is Failing

December 9, 2021

A collage featuring Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Indian protesters.

The End of the Secular Republic

August 13, 2020

Erdoğan, center, accompanied by his wife, Emine, right, waves to supporters as he walks in the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, an UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. The sixth-century building is now at the center of a heated debate between conservative groups who want it to be reconverted into a mosque and those who believe the World Heritage site should remain a museum.

A Nationalist’s Guide to Stepping Back From the Brink

July 8, 2020

The U.S.-India Relationship Is Bigger Than Trump and Modi

William J. Burns

February 22, 2020

Narendra Modi and Donald Trump

Why Trump’s Second Term Will Be Worse

December 27, 2019

When Is a Protest Too Late?

December 18, 2019

Police and protesters scuffle outside a university in New Delhi.

‘Howdy, Modi!’ Was a Display of Indian Americans’ Political Power

September 23, 2019

Modi's New Challenge Is Embracing Urbanization

May 30, 2019

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

How Hinduism Became a Political Weapon in India

May 24, 2019

Narendra Modi waves to supporters in Varanasi in April.