Capella: Why isn't what we see now an aberration? Why won't things bounce back? The economy has gone from a disastrous demolilization of 86 % of india's currency by value to the highest und employment ever reported since figures were reported for employment. She got one thing after another that didn't happen before, that wasn't part of indian democracy. That is increasingly twisting indian democracy into something that it should not be.
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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