Analysis

Analysis
Audio, interview

Audio: Election Fever in India

March 30, 2014

As India prepares for the world's biggest election, Nirupama Subramanian spoke with ABC Radio National Drive on the logistics of the poll.

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Analysis
Gandhi, Profile

Rahul Gandhi - The man who is not in a hurry

April 14, 2014

Varghese K George profiles Rahul Gandhi, a most unlucky and unlikely politician, despite his dynastic lineage. 

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Analysis
Society

When the stars come out to play (politics)

May 13, 2014

Indians love their movie stars, and political parties love the votes they deliver. But it is a most tempetuous love story, as Mosiqi Acharya explains. 

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Analysis
Political participation, Social media

A little bird told me: tweeting the revolution

March 31, 2014

The impact of social media on the elections.

Nirupama Subramanian 

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Analysis
Campaign

Election Explainer: The parties to watch

April 15, 2014

As voting in the epic five-week ballot reaches the half-way mark, Nicholas Reece and Souresh Roy provide a formguide to the parties to watch - their histories, their values, their prospects.

 

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Analysis
Foreign Affairs

Prime Minister Modi? A field guide for new India

May 15, 2014

Tomorrow India will have a new Prime Minister. The smart money says it will be the BJP's polarising Narendra Modi. Veteran Indian political commentator Swapan Dasgupta, visiting Melbourne, contemplates what that will mean.

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Analysis

Beyond the polls: Finding a path to prosperity

April 2, 2014

When the hoopla of India's epic exercise of democracy settles, the winner will face a formidable task in reviving the nation's economy from the doldrums.

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan lays out the problems, identifies the solutions, and contemplates the hurdles.

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Analysis
Voting

Election Phases: 121 seats at stake in biggest ballot

April 16, 2014

Tomorrow is the crucial fifth phase of voting, the biggest day of the nine-phase, five-week elections schedule. Souresh Roy profiles the seats and tussles to watch. Photo: Rajasthani farmer/Flickr: Shreyans Bhansali

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Analysis
Campaign, Results

The Verdict: Diaspora gather for countdown

May 16, 2014

India's Melbourne-based intelligentsia gathered at the Australia India Institute today to watch the live feed of the count and dissect the Narendra Modi landslide.

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