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When I started researching my book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America, the law review literature asserted that racial classification, in practice, was almost entirely a matter of self-identification. While federal law specified the classifications and their definitions, in practice people could check whatever box they wanted,…

While Indian exit polls didn’t predict the BPJ’s loss of majority, the effects of climate change and increased visibility of religion in politics have long been forecast, says Amitava Kumar

Modi now relies on a series of parties that have flip-flopped between his alliance and the opposition over the years.

Modi has only ever ruled with large majorities, centralised power and without coalition compulsions. Can he adapt?