In 2013, India ranked ninety-fourth out of 176 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, alongside Mongolia and Colombia and below neighbors like China and Sri Lanka. The country has steadily slipped since ranking seventy-second of 179 in 2007, when the report debuted.
Hindus and Muslims have co-existed peacefully in Varanasi for centuries. But Modi’s campaign there has changed things, creating a rift between Paswan and Khan -- and between many others.
New Changes for India These resources from the Foriegn Policy Association give some context to the changes selected by Indian voters to restore democracy, end corruption, and give the people of India a choice in their government.
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Author Ananya Vajpeyi on the founding fathers of the world's largest democracy.
