In an article posted on the website Newslaundry on 14 October, Rupa Subramanya argues that government statistics do not support the view that “there’s been some sort of upsurge in communal violence since the election of Narendra Modi”, contending that figures that show an increase of 25% in communal incidents in January-May 2015 vs. January-May …
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In a fiery election speech in Munger, Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the coming state election was a choice between "Jungle Raj" and "Vikas Raj", with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance representing the latter. https://twitter.com/TOIIndiaNews/status/652025659343024128 Modi cited widespread kidnappings in Bihar as an indicator of how lawless the state has been under Nitish …
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The New York Times (NYT) has long been a lighting rod for criticism, and things are no different regarding its India coverage and analysis. Economist Vivek Dehejia for one has criticised what he calls the "rabid anti-India editorializing of today’s New York Times" and attributed it to the "unremitting hostility of the Anglo-American liberal media establishment" towards the …
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