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What's going on with India's democracy?
Communal tensions intensifying further
- BJP officials accused of insulting Prophet
- Demolitions of Muslim-owned properties
- Hindu monk seen as anti-Muslim radical re-elected in India’s most populous state
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What's going on with India's democracy?
Communal tensions intensifying further
- BJP officials accused of insulting Prophet
- Demolitions of Muslim-owned properties
- Hindu monk seen as anti-Muslim radical re-elected in India’s most populous state
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PM Narendra Modi is accused of pushing an anti-Muslim agenda over 2 decades
- US denied him visa over deadly Gujarat riots of 2002 citing “severe violations of religious freedoms”
- UN called his Citizenship Amendment Act “fundamentally discriminatory” against Muslims
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- US denied him visa over deadly Gujarat riots of 2002 citing “severe violations of religious freedoms”
- UN called his Citizenship Amendment Act “fundamentally discriminatory” against Muslims
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Western leaders are privately worried about what’s happening but reluctant to criticise Modi in public
- Want India on board in democratic pushback against authoritarian China
- Also seeking Indian pivot on Russia
- Some conscious of colonial baggage
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- Want India on board in democratic pushback against authoritarian China
- Also seeking Indian pivot on Russia
- Some conscious of colonial baggage
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Prominent journalist and Modi critic @HartoshSinghBal:
“India is coming to resemble Russia and China far more than it resembles Western democracies.”
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“India is coming to resemble Russia and China far more than it resembles Western democracies.”
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Can India and the West come together? Or are they on fundamentally different paths?
“The Call of the West”
Part 3 of new DW special series “India’s Dilemma”
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“The Call of the West”
Part 3 of new DW special series “India’s Dilemma”
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Full DW Special
India's Dilemma
Starts here with Part 1:
Russia Goes Rogue
- How India and Russia became close
- Why India has not condemned Putin's war
- Fears that Russia will now become beholden to China - and what that means for the relationship
India's Dilemma
Starts here with Part 1:
Russia Goes Rogue
- How India and Russia became close
- Why India has not condemned Putin's war
- Fears that Russia will now become beholden to China - and what that means for the relationship
Full DW Special
India's Dilemma
Part 2:
The China Threat
- Explaining the world's biggest land dispute
- How China claims an entire Indian state
- China's ties with Pakistan and "string of pearls"
India's Dilemma
Part 2:
The China Threat
- Explaining the world's biggest land dispute
- How China claims an entire Indian state
- China's ties with Pakistan and "string of pearls"
