Britain is spending a lot of time, at least in governmental circles, thinking about india. There are increasing concerns and even alarm bells being raised that india's domestic behaviour is not up to the standard world has long come to expect from it. And they're certainly amongst the slamiciest friends in the world who are expressing their concerns - which can't afford to antagonize them. At the great national assembly recently passed a critical resolution about india's mistreatment of its mislems in the gulf countries,. Can you afford to remittances with some of these stories? Oberlin College: Are there any ways we can help each other get out of this ruckus?
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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