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Even as President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to remove millions of illegal immigrants from America, he’s using a 1954 deportation drive called Operation Wetback as his model. That effort caused enormous human suffering, and largely failed in its objectives. As long as businesse ...  Show more

Elections should prioritise pressing issues that shape people’s daily lives – policies, governance, and real challenges on the ground. But, as was evident in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls, the focus often shifts to narrative building, disregarding the substantive concerns t ...  Show more

Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC interviews Samir Saran, the president of the Observer Research Foundation, an Indian think tank based in New Delhi. They discuss India-US relations, how Washington wants closer ties with New Delhi and whether that enthusiasm is matched on the Indian ...  Show more

The state-legislature <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/indias-democracy-is-not-as-healthy-as-this-months-elections-make-it-seem/21807621?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_a ...  Show more

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is investing billions of dollars to boost manufacturing and attract foreign investment in his rapidly growing country. Modi’s ambitious goal: To propel India to the top ranks of global economic powers, alongside the US and China. Bloomberg jou ...  Show more

Why is Narendra Modi so popular? As India begins voting this week, FP Live host Ravi Agrawal discusses his essay “The New Idea of India” with executive editor Amelia Lester. The two take subscriber questions on how India is changing under Modi and what New Delhi’s foreign policy ...  Show more