"A defining feature of life in India today is the suffocating atmosphere of menace and threat to critics of the government. Shah is the face and embodiment of this fear, which lurks everywhere, from the newsrooms to the courtrooms, and which inspires a sense of alarm that is bigger than the sum of the facts and anecdotes that can be amassed to illustrate it"
Chilling long read on the rise of Amit Shah, Modi's right-hand man.
"Partly owing to his days in Gujarat and partly owing to the Indian government’s widely documented use of Israeli spyware to target journalists, activists and critics, the image of Shah in the public imagination is that of a man who holds everyone’s secrets. “Modi has a certain charm, which is perhaps the most dangerous thing about him,” the Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy told me. “Amit Shah is a single-string instrument: the only note he can strike is fear.”
Despite Opposition From Kuki-Zos, Amit Shah Says India Will Fence Entire Northeast Border With Myanmar
This is being seen as a setback to the ‘Look East Policy’ which in 2018 had formalised the free movement regime allowing people across both sides to fraternise and enter each other’s territory up to 16 km and stay for a fortnight without a visa.
Amit Shah's 'Zero Terror Plan' for J&K Sounds Too Good to Be True. And it Is.
The Union government's actions have led to widespread political despair in Kashmir. In the past, that mood has been used by militants to gain currency. Shakir Mir writes.
PM taught rioters such a lesson in 2002 that no one dares to cause riots in Gujarat, says Amit Shah
Speaking at the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra at Sanand in Ahmedabad district, Shah also gave credit to Modi for the abrogation of Article 370 “in a jiffy” and building a temple for Lord Ram, who was otherwise housed in a “tent”.
Amit Shah promises free travel to Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir if BJP wins Telangana
Addressing an election rally in Telangana’s Gadwal, Union Minister Amit Shah told voters that they wouldn’t have to worry about the cost of visiting the Ayodhya Ram Mandir if they elect BJP.
Six months of chaos in Manipur show utter failure of double-engine government
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are great admirers of Sardar Patel but lack his ability to govern with wisdom or administer with care and understanding, writes Ramachandra Guha.
‘I don’t want to get fined’: How India took the ‘world’ out of World Cup
This World Cup is a global event in name only. Realistically, it is a tournament staged by and for India, its cricket board, the BCCI, and its all-powerful secretary, Jay Shah. Daniel Brettig writes.
The BJP May End up Tying Itself in Knots By Attacking Udhayanidhi Stalin
The concept of sanatana dharma was given shape by the Hindu orthodoxy in the 19th century as a movement against reformist organisations like the Arya Samaj and Brahmo Samaj, which questioned regressive practices such as sati and child marriage.
Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy
Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.
He embraced Meiteis but offended Kukis: Three errors of Amit Shah in handling Manipur crisis
Amit Shah focused tactically on what at the moment seemed to him the right thing to say but overlooked or ignored what was strategically more appropriate for Manipur’s future, writes Karan Thapar.
Modi Govt Unveils Controversial New Criminal Bills: 'Sedition' Law to Change But in Name Only
Although Amit Shah said sedition law has been 'repealed', it appears only the word 'sedition' may have been dropped, for the law remains and, in many ways, has been made more draconian.
Olympic Medallist Mirabai Chanu Appeals to Modi, Shah to Bring Peace in Manipur
"Many players have not been able to train because of this conflict [in Manipur] and there has been disturbance in the study of students. Many lives have been lost and many houses have been burnt down," Mirabai Chanu said.