Gandy says social media is a platform on which, byan lodge the hindutal equa system around te meg p gets as good as it gives. Gandy: I proud to say that ntill july 20 thirteenth, i was india's most followed politician. The books that were mentioned about gandy are the two volumes by rama chandr guha, g h a,. available throug penguin books in India and elsewhere.
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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