Bhumjaithai’s election win and coalition deal signal a resurgence of establishment politics, shaped by border tensions, nationalist rhetoric and unresolved constitutional reform.

Bangladesh’s February 12 vote seeks to end rule, redefining politics as BNP resurges and Jamaat offers an alternative after Hasina’s era

The Special Intensive Revision of the voters list across 12 Indian states could potentially lead to sharpening of the communal divide.

Allegations of bias and opacity raise doubts about the Election Commission’s neutrality in India’s democracy.

Elections to the Bihar Assembly saw an extraordinary 70% voter turnout, higher than previous low turnouts.

When the newly elected New York mayor Zohran Mamdani was recently mocked for eating with his hands, it exposed the enduring afterlife of colonial hierarchies.

The Assam government’s decisions on land transfers are likely to reignite tensions in a state with a history of violence against alleged outsiders

The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar has been contentious. It will be even more so in West Bengal, given the ongoing labelling of Bengali migrant workers as Bangladeshis

The harassment, detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking migrant workers is merely the first step in identifying and creating a new stateless population in South Asia

The Bharatiya Janata Party has successfully positioned itself as the chief custodian of Indian nationalism, but that is unlikely to help it electorally in Bihar