, Columnist
Indian Democracy Was Dying Before Modi
Critics who bemoan the rise of majoritarianism and decline of institutions have to reckon with their complicity in both.
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Narendra Modi’s emphatic re-election victory makes inevitable something that was long feared: the transformation of India from secular democracy to Hindu majoritarian state.
Far from helping to reverse the global tide of illiberal figures and movements, voters in the world’s largest democracy have advanced it. Modi won with a landslide despite having failed miserably in his central mission: to create jobs for India’s young population.