SJS6- "India's Changing Political Fortunes"

Source: Sen, Ronojoy. "India's Changing Political Fortunes." Current History 113.762 (2014):
         131-136. Print.

Author: Ronojoy Sen is a senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore's Institute of South Asian Studies and Asia Research Institute.

Summary: In India the new elections are coming up and there is room for a change in the politics concerning the country. For most of India's time as a free country, the political party has been the Indian National Congress (INC). There are very few times in the history of the country where another party has dominated however now it seems that the tides are changing. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have recently dominated the country in the polls. It was expected that the BJP would overcome the INC, however the margins of victory were not expected. The BJP have put forth Narendra Modi as their face and he has been a larger than life leader for the party. He has the respect of Indians across the nation. This is what the article has been describing.

Analysis: Ronojoy is a credible source, as his background focuses on Asia and more specifically South Asia which is dominated by India. He makes a very strong argument that it may be time to put the INC onto the shelf and embrace the new party. He backs this up by providing facts from recent polls. He describes how the BJP is starting to control the congress in India as well as historical facts that put Modi at the top of the candidate list. I think that he presents his argument well and he has plenty of facts to back up his reasoning for making this statement.