Sushant Singh is a lecturer at Yale University and a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in India. He was the deputy editor of the Indian Express, reporting on strategic affairs, national security, and international affairs, and previously served in the Indian army for two decades.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022.
A crowd of protesters gather behind a burning effigy of a man. A blue sky and some short buildings are visible behind them. Some of the protesters are waving their fists, and one shouts into a megaphone.
Uniformed and armed Indian military personnel walk across a green field, some in small groups and some alone. Behind them are tree-covered mountains and a cloudy sky.
A Bharatiya Janata Party member wears a face mask at birthday celebrations for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai, India, on Sept. 16, 2020.
