Is a North-South Divide Opening in India? | by Shashi Tharoor - Project Syndicate

Is a North-South Divide Opening in India? | by Shashi Tharoor - Project Syndicate

For decades, India’s electoral map has effectively been frozen, so that states could manage population growth without sacrificing political influence. If the government ends this freeze, as it apparently intends to do, the states that stabilized their populations will pay a heavy price.

Growing South-North divide puts India’s future as a federation at risk - Kashmir Media Service

New Delhi: Leaving the ongoing separatist movements aside, the widening North-South divide in India due to deep-seated socio-political and economic disparities poses a threat to the country as a federation. According to Kashmir Media Service, the southern states of India are accusing New Delhi of systemic marginalization through fiscal policies, delimitation threats and cultural hegemony. As a result of Modi regime’s Hindutva policies, southern …