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11 Years in, Has Modi been Good or Bad for India?

Balancing driving the country forward against Hindutva’s impact

Mar 17, 2025
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By: John Elliott
Victory 2019

Will history look back on Narendra Modi’s years as prime minister as a time when India was launched into a proud nationalist future? Or will it be seen as a time when the bedrock of India’s secular democracy was riven by Hindu nationalism and challenges to its essential institutions?

Modi’s national political emergence filled …

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