Welcome to The Lost Debate Show for Politically Ecclectics. I'm Robbie Gupta. This is a special episode. I interviewed a gentleman who had written a piece in The New Yorker that really caught my attention. And it's all about India. And we've been doing a decent amount of India content. Obviously, we have the Killing Justice podcast, which if you haven't listened to it yet, you should. You can get that on Spotifyify or apple we're kind of midway through that now

but i wanted to continue to cover what's happening in india because you know it's the most populous

country in the world it is a seeming democracy which is kind of teeter on the edge of being not a

democracy but could make it through.

You know, we don't know.

And so I think it's one of the most important topics going on in the world.

And, you know, you now as an audience are starting to develop a bit of expertise on this subject.

And so I try to find the people who have something unique to say about India.

And our guest today

certainly does.

All right.

Well, Kapil Komareti is a journalist and author from India.

He published malevolent Republican 2019, a book that explores the rise of Hindu nationalism

and Modi's time as prime

minister. He's written extensively about Indian politics, Modi's administration, and has been

covering the elections from this spring. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you for having me.

Were you surprised by these results? No, I wasn't. I anticipated the result in an essay in the New Yorker. I traveled around India,

and I met a lot of people who had voted for Muthi in 2014 and 2019, and the discontent was

very clear and apparent. Muthi, all the promises he'd made, not only had he failed to deliver

on the promises, he'd actually poisoned Indian society by introducing

as a therapeutic option for disappointed voters, Hindu nationalism, Hindu chauvinism.

So you may not have a job, but at least you could feel superior to Muslims.

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