The Modi Method for Surviving India’s Scandals

The BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” is projected on a screen in Kochi, Kerala, on Jan. 24.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is often described as “Teflon.” That’s a stereotype of course, but like most easy descriptors it holds more than a kernel of truth.

Scandals that would have devastated earlier governments seem to bounce off him, as the past few weeks have shown once again.