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Today in Focus

How an Indian state became a testing ground for Hindu nationalism

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from Uttarakhand, which offers a glimpse into what the future might look like if the BJP retains its power in national elections. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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Today, a trip to the Indian Himalayas for a glimpse at India's possible future.

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Tees and C's age and eligibility restrictions and exclusions apply. Hi. India is such a vast country and its election is a almost unfathomably huge exercise.

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You know, it's going on for seven weeks, over seven phases.

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You know, it's happening during an insane heat wave, Delhi, where I live, it's 47 degrees here.

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Hannah Ellis Peterson is the Guardian's South Asia correspondent, based in India, where nearly a billion people are casting their votes in the biggest elections ever held anywhere in the world.

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Voting takes nearly two months, across 36 states and territories, with more than 700 parties in the running and all of it

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overshadowed by one man.

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Party, Party, Party, Party,

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I'm not like me. That's the country's prime minister Norengra Modi whose party the B.

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B.P. is widely expected to win a third term in power.

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