In previous eras of congress dominance, pushback against central government politics in india comes from the east and from the south. West bengal recently did not let the b j p actually win government in that state. So for those like you who want to push back, do those parts of india that haven't yet become dominated by the b jp merely provide a kind of sign things to come? Or are they actually the anvil for something that might be a different sort of politics later? Oni have no doubt in my own mind that, in fact, the parts of the country which have so far remained inne to the b g p's advances will continue to resist it
Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP party came to power in 2014, India has seen an increase in Hindu nationalism and a rise in hostility towards the Muslim minority population. Politician and writer Shashi Tharoor believes the country is at a crossroads. His recently published book, The Struggle for India’s Soul, looks at the political direction of the world’s second most populous nation, which he contends is splitting into two opposing factions: ethno-religious nationalists and liberal civic nationalists. If the ethno-religious nationalists prevail, he says, millions of non-Hindus would be stripped of their identity. Tharoor joins historian, author and broadcaster Rana Mitter to discuss the book and what lies ahead for India.
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