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/417/ Has India passed peak Modi? ft. Achin Vanaik
🕑 Added 2024-06-11 07:00:11 +0000 UTCOn India's election and a blow for the BJP.
Esteemed writer and social activist Achin Vanaik is back on Bungacast to unpick India's monumental, seven-week-long electoral process in which over 600m people took part.
How did the ruling Hindu nationalist BJP lose its majority?
Is there really a cult of personality around Modi?
How does the BJP differ in important ways from Western 'national conservatives'?
Does the BJP losing seats reflect a loss of support for Hindutva ideology?
Modi claims India will reach developed economy status by 2047. Is this true?
How bad are problems of under- and un-employment, especially for the youth?
What is the nature of India's "crony oligarchy"?
How does the National Population Register threaten to divest people of citizenship?
How does the BJP see Israel as an example for itself?
Links:
In State Repression and Its Justification, India and Israel Have Much in Common, Achin Vanaik, The Wire
Narendra Modi Is Preparing New Attacks on Democratic Rights, Achin Vanaik, Jacobin
Comments
SeaWorldOrBust
This was a fantastic interview, and it made me go back and listen to Achin's first appearance which was also excellent. Please more old-school political activists who have actually been involved in the political struggles they're discussing, and fewer anglosphere-based professional commentators who have forgotten how to understand the world without reference to Americanised cultural politics.
Christoph Iselin
Those deep dives into countries like India, El Salvador or Indonesia are always captivating, keep up the good work!
