How Hindi newspapers lent legitimacy to Modis #9pm9minutes photo-op

April 06, 2020 14:36

"There can little doubt that the BJP and the Hindi newspapers in the heartland have marched hand in hand, both feeding into (and feeding off) the loud and noisy assertion of majoritarian communalism in the North, and impacting national politics way beyond their little kens.

"The coverage of the latest photo-op promoted by prime minister Narendra Modi -- the lighting of lamps for nine minutes at 9 pm on Sunday to express "solidarity" with god knows what -- provides testimony to the role Hindi newspapers play in mainstreaming BJP-style superstition and obscurantism."

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