Modi’s BJP once controlled media narratives in India, but this might be changing with the ‘Cockroach’ movement.

For days the streets and parks in the center of India’s capital have seethed with the biggest demonstrations it has seen in years as young protesters demand change to a national exam system they say ...

Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach. It's not the lotus of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's governing party, or the hand symbol of the opposition Congress, but the ...

New Delhi: The way politicians use social media is changing. Gone are the days of highly curated, grandiose formal videos. Now, informal, personalized clips – often shot on a phone’s selfie camera – ...

Indian elections are no longer just battles between political parties. They are becoming contests between larger-than-life personalities — and no leader has reshaped this political culture more ...

NARENDRA MODI, India’s prime minister, is a once-in-a-generation political phenomenon. He commands support for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) across class, caste and language. He is the face of his ...

India’s student protesters have no weapons but comedy, yet their jokes and satire rattled an authoritarian government and brought down a minister. What does their laughter teach us about the political ...

India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar shakes hands with Taliban Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, October 10, 2025. Credit: X/Dr S ...

Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach. A satirical collective that takes inspiration from the insect – stubborn, reviled and considered indestructible – has attracted millions ...