Journalist Prabir Purkayastha explains how, in the election in the major state of Karnataka, India’s far-right Hindu-nationalist ruling party BJP won the most seats, even while it got fewer votes than Congress. He also discusses the attacks on leftist and secular forces Story Transcript BEN NORTON: It’s The Real News, I’m Ben Norton. The major […]
Author Archives: Prabir Purkayastha
Prabir Purkayastha is an engineer and a science activist in the power,
telecom and software sectors. He is one of the founding members of the
Delhi Science Forum and serves on Newsclick's editorial board. He has
written and published extensively on a number of science and
technology policy issues.
