Hartosh Singh Bal
Political Editor at The Caravan
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1 month ago |
caravanmagazine.in | Hartosh Singh Bal
As the results of the Delhi election began to come in, two things became clear. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s dedication to organisation and detail in its campaign, well documented in a recent piece in The Caravan,had prevailed. But the Aam Aadmi Party was not a spent force. It had fought a close battle, exceeding the vote share predictions of even the more optimistic opinion polls.
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2 months ago |
caravanmagazine.in | Hartosh Singh Bal
The death of Manmohan Singh in December 2024 prompted a reassessment of a man who had faced heavy criticism from his political opponents towards the end of his second term as prime minister. Much of this can be put down to the usual tendency people have of not wanting to speak ill of the dead, but some of it also seems genuine and heartfelt.
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Jul 8, 2024 |
hindi.caravanmagazine.in | Hartosh Singh Bal
Our cover story this month deals with how, in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party—with the Congress playing, at best, a minor role—took on and defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party. The most important lesson from the election result was that the BJP cannot take its support base for granted. While the party held on to its upper-caste Hindu vote, it lost a great deal of traction, primarily among voters from castes administratively referred to as Extremely Backward Classes.
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Apr 30, 2024 |
caravanmagazine.in | Hartosh Singh Bal
WE HAVE NEVER had an election like this before, with the people split between elation and foreboding. The majority eagerly anticipates the result, with many among them unconcerned about what it would mean for India or for the compact under which the country came into being. The smaller fraction hopes for, at best, any possible reduction in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s numbers that might bring a temporary respite to its betrayal of constitutional values.
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Apr 13, 2024 |
independent.ng | Hartosh Singh Bal
Modi’s Quest to Entrench Hindu Nationalism On April 19, India will kick off the largest election in history. Over 44 days, more than 500 million people—or 65 percent of the country’s nearly one billion eligible voters—are expected to participate. The exercise will be spectacular, with ballots printed in over a dozen languages and distributed from islands to remote mountain communities. But the result is not really in doubt.
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young Indian journalists, the good ones, often speak of their passion for Marquez, how I wish they’d read some Llosa too.
We at the Review mourn the loss of Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025). In celebration of his life and work, we’ve unlocked his Art of Fiction interview from our archive. https://t.co/kT4vXjQbAu
