Modi won power, not the battle of ideas
May 25, 2019  10:19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a major victory in the countrys general elections, winning more than 300 of the 543 parliamentary seats and five more years to run the country.

This is an impressive achievement, but how has Mr Modi been able to do it? And why has the Indian National Congress, the old national party, been restricted to a mere 52 seats? In attempting to answer these questions, some have been tempted to seek explanations in the realm of ideas and ideology, in particular in the dominance of Hindu identity in India.

Read Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's column in The New York Times HERE
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