We are delighted to publish the second issue of Indian Politics & Policy (IP&P) in 2025. This issue comes with research papers on topics ranging from challenges facing India's apex court, the protection of minority rights, and emerging demographic challenges. In addition to the research papers, the volume reflects on the state of policing in India. It remembers the only authoritarian interlude in India's history in its 50th year. What lessons one can draw from that episode during an era of severe democratic recession? The conflict in the Northeast Indian state of Manipur is reviewed from a historical and Manipuri perspective to reflect on what ails state-consolidation in India. We have added a section on book reviews in this issue. Table of ContentsEditor's IntroductionRahul Mukherji RESEARCHWhat Checks and Balances? Explaining the Supreme Court's Complacency in Modi's IndiaChristophe Jaffrelot and Prannv Dhawan The Recolonization of Hindus and the Ethical-Historical Loneliness of Muslims: Challenges in Contemporary AssamYasmeen Saikia Demographic Changes in Tamil Nadu: Implications for Human Development Outcomes and PolicyAbhik Banerji, Deepshikha Batheja, Rishiraj Bhagawati, and Srishti Goel PERSPECTIVESPolicing in India: Legacy, Resistance, and ReformAnuradha Shankar Fifty Years of Indira Gandhi's Emergency: Lessons for Indian DemocracyTarun Basu The Historical Roots of Conflict and State-failure in ManipurBabloo Loitongbam BOOK REVIEWSLessons in State Capacity from Delhi's Schools by Yamini AiyarEmmerich Davies The New Experts: Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi's India by Anuradha SajjanharMatias Castrén Through the India-China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas by Prem Poddar and Lisa Lindkvist ZhangRenu Rana
We are delighted to publish the second issue of Indian Politics & Policy (IP&P) in 2025. This issue comes with research papers on topics ranging from challenges facing India's apex court, the protection of minority rights, and emerging demographic challenges. In addition to the research papers, the volume reflects on the state of policing in India. It remembers the only authoritarian interlude in India's history in its 50th year. What lessons one can draw from that episode during an era of severe democratic recession? The conflict in the Northeast Indian state of Manipur is reviewed from a historical and Manipuri perspective to reflect on what ails state-consolidation in India. We have added a section on book reviews in this issue. Table of ContentsEditor's IntroductionRahul Mukherji RESEARCHWhat Checks and Balances? Explaining the Supreme Court's Complacency in Modi's IndiaChristophe Jaffrelot and Prannv Dhawan The Recolonization of Hindus and the Ethical-Historical Loneliness of Muslims: Challenges in Contemporary AssamYasmeen Saikia Demographic Changes in Tamil Nadu: Implications for Human Development Outcomes and PolicyAbhik Banerji, Deepshikha Batheja, Rishiraj Bhagawati, and Srishti Goel PERSPECTIVESPolicing in India: Legacy, Resistance, and ReformAnuradha Shankar Fifty Years of Indira Gandhi's Emergency: Lessons for Indian DemocracyTarun Basu The Historical Roots of Conflict and State-failure in ManipurBabloo Loitongbam BOOK REVIEWSLessons in State Capacity from Delhi's Schools by Yamini AiyarEmmerich Davies The New Experts: Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi's India by Anuradha SajjanharMatias Castrén Through the India-China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas by Prem Poddar and Lisa Lindkvist ZhangRenu Rana
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