More From Jean-Thomas Martelli

India’s stance on invasion of Ukraine is troublingSubscriber Only

March 22,2022 04:15:56 AM

Christophe Jaffrelot, Jean-Thomas Martelli write: It has reduced the war to a territorial conflict between two comparable evils, invisibilising civilian resistance and diluting the responsibility of Russian aggression.

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

Current crisis consolidates populist rapport between a leader and a fictional representation of peopleSubscriber Only

April 29,2020 03:35:56 AM

While the 2016 demonetisation was about requesting sacrifices from citizens to eradicate the black money of the corrupt wealthy lot, the “people’s curfew”, “imposed by the people” — in Modi’s own words — was similar in scope, as it demanded “sacrifices” “in service of the nation.”

Wed, Apr 29, 2020

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Reading PM Modi, through his speechesSubscriber Only

August 15,2017 00:19:19 AM

In his Independence Day speeches, Narendra Modi has repeatedly used the words ‘sister’, ‘brother’ and ‘team’. The Prime Minister’s rhetorical technique is inherent in populism, a version of politics that crystallises when a leader tries to relate directly to ‘his’ nation, circumventing institutions in the worst-case scenarios.

Tue, Aug 15, 2017