India has experienced an illiberal regime already

March 25, 2014 11:05

There is a fear abroad. It is the fear of authoritarianism. Driving that fear is the prospect of Narendra Modi as prime minister.

Nobody, not even his claque of applauders, quite believes that he is patient with dissent or dissenters. Impatience, the alarmists argue, could lead to imprisonment. Fascist is the preferred epithet for Modi among his detractors and their numbers are as large as his admirers.

This argument blurs the distinction between authoritarian or totalitarian rule and fascism. Read

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