Could the imagery be more starkly different? Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolling out the red carpet at the snowy retreat of Davos, inviting the global business elite to India, promising that India was still the land of Gandhi, committed to inclusive development. Yet in swathes of Indian society, a brutal anti-modernity and aggressive traditionalism has taken hold; today there’s an unparalleled cultural and political regression.
Even Gurugram, which has more MNCs per kilometre than any other city, saw ugly nativist violence directed at innocent schoolchildren. BJP governments from Rajasthan to Maharashtra to Gujarat to Uttar Pradesh caved in to the thugs of the Karni Sena, refusing to stare down the cultural terrorists.
The government is keeping up a steady stream of publicity Read More
