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• A collective madness

  Raja Panwar, 05 June 2019

  Modi, like all strongmen is following the template set by Erdogan. If you want to see India's future see what is happening in Turkey. In India, instit...

  Modi, like all strongmen is following the template set by Erdogan. If you want to see India's future see what is happening in Turkey. In India, institutions are weak and are being further weakened to the point they will become extra levers of power for the Prime Minister to take on dictatorial perogatives.
  What is especially unnerving is the support for the BJP from Indians in the USA and the UK. There is a wave of Hindu nationalism sweeping not just India but also the Hindu diaspora. There are some unintended comical aspects such as news report in an English language paper on the power of cow urine to scare away Frankenstein!! I'm not making this up. At first I thought it satire, but no. It was serious reportage. More embarrassing to India's scientists are the claims of Indians developing TV technology, theory of the atom, etc.
  Relations with Pakistan and terror attacks have been used to catalyze Hindu nationalism. Efforts are well underway to create a singular Hindu identity and religious practices, and hybridity is out. If you are not with us then you are against us!
  Modi is here to stay and sadly India is increasingly resembling Pakistan and other Islamic states in West Asia.

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• Sri Lanka: Back on the brink

  MeiLee Dozier, 05 June 2019

  I really appreciate this deep dive into the complex cleavages in Sri Lankan society and their origins. More of this please!!

  I really appreciate this deep dive into the complex cleavages in Sri Lankan society and their origins. More of this please!!

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• The Right-Side-Up Map of Southasia

  Hasan Chaipillai, 04 June 2019

  It is not only that our minds our locked to believe that North is somewhere UP and South is somewhere Down by seeing a published Map of tu e world.
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  It is not only that our minds our locked to believe that North is somewhere UP and South is somewhere Down by seeing a published Map of tu e world.
  Invariably giving a Psychological feeling to the people coming from North that they are a little above to the people of South inalmost everything .
  Psychological Status toom

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