India: a further swing to the right (opens in new tab)

In the recent state elections in India, the ruling BJP-led coalition government won resounding victories in some key states previously held by opposition parties. In the highly populated West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, India’s most powerful female politician, who had been in power for 15 years, saw her Trinamool Congress party (TMC) trounced by the BJP (sheContinue reading "India: a further swing to the right"