Anatomy of India’s New Regime

India’s current regime rests on three interwoven factors: Hindutva, a captured civil society, and an authoritarian state. Together they have produced a decade-long collective suspension of disbelief. The challenge is to contest all three arenas simultaneously & produce a new imagination for India.▶26-May-2026

Suhas Palshikar

June 5, 2026

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