Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy

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Wild with the host Bear Grylls, [459] [460] becoming the second world leader after Barack Obama to appear in the reality show. Modi's nationalist populist leadership has afforded hegemonic status to his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India. The European Parliament recently adopted a resolution on India that condemns “acts of violence, increasing nationalistic rhetoric, and divisive policies” under the Modi administration. Western nations also raised questions about Modi's relationship with Muslims: the US State Department barred him from entering the United States in accordance with the recommendations of that country's Commission on International Religious Freedom, [161] [162] the only person to be denied a US visa under this law.

When Modi was eight years old, he was introduced to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and began attending its local shakhas (training sessions).

However, the author shows that for last couple of decades, it has attempted to denigrate and otherize not just Muslim but also Christian minorities.

A contentious debate surrounds the assessment of Gujarat's economic development during Modi's tenure as chief minister. Modi was forced to go underground in Gujarat and frequently travelled in disguise to avoid arrest, once dressing as a monk and once as a Sikh.this work emerges as an important contribution to the study of the future of democracy in India and beyond. The Texas India Forum hosted a community event in honour of Modi on 22 September 2019 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Later on, Justice Mishra was criticised by a section of advocates and activists for siding with the Modi government in multiple judgements during his tenure at the Supreme Court. Published since September 1843 to take part in “a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress. Over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in Gujarat and then in India at large.