Last Week Tonight: Modi's India (video)

John Oliver (HBO, Feb. 23, 2020); Pfc. Sandoval, S. Auberon, A. Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Vegetarian Modi with cow-devouring Trump

John Oliver talks about India’s own "Trump," the right-wing nationalist, Hindu extremist Prime Minister Modi: why he’s popular, why he’s controversial, where things are headed for the largest democracy in the world.

• Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi's India (The New Yorker) Modi's closest adviser, Amit Shah, tied to a sensational crime
• Under Modi, a Hindu nationalist surge has further divided India... (NY Times) religious-based hate crimes
• How Hindu nationalist groups support Modi in the U.S. (The Intercept) Modi began fostering ties with Hindu nationalist groups in the US...and hate crimes against Muslims and other minorities have skyrocketed... How many covert wars...
• In India, Modi faces a growing backlash to his Hindu nationalist... India's 2020 Citizenship Amendment Act...applies to migrants from three neighboring countries
• In India, Modi is putting Hindu nationalism above global relevance [Will] Trump be enough to hold off a trade war?
• King Modi (Washington Monthly) India's recent election shows that majoritarian nationalism is hard to defeat
• Modi's got a bloody massacre on his hands (The Guardian)

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