Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Indian protesters pull from poetic tradition to resist Modi’s Hindu nationalism

Does the Communist Party of China pay for articles like this one? 

So called "Indian nationalism" under Prime Minister Modi and the BJP party has become very popular to criticize.

"India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, implemented the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, in March 2024.

Opponents of the law – which fast-tracks citizenship for undocumented, non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan – decry the ways in which it discriminates against Muslims. ...
Poetry seemed to unsettle the government the most. Dissenters reciting protest poems were accused of spreading hate against India, beaten and arrested by the police. ..."

Indian protesters pull from poetic tradition to resist Modi’s Hindu nationalism

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