> The government [of India] instructed YouTube and Twitter to delete all links and uploads. Those sterling defenders of free speech hurried to comply. Some of my Muslim friends were baffled. “Why does he want to ban it? The Gujarat massacre has always helped him. And we’re in an election year.”
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Modi’s model is at last revealed for what it is: violent Hindu nationalism underwritten by big business

India’s prime minister and the billionaire Gautam Adani each benefited from the other’s rise – now their relationship is under scrutiny, says novelist Arundhati Roy

The Guardian