Is Modi's India Heading in the Right Direction?

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🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Under prime minister Narendra Modi, pro-Hindu nationalism and civil rights issues have led to India’s downgrade to an electoral autocracy (according to V-Dem Institute), and many question whether better times are ahead. Those who agree with Modi’s leadership highlight the new strong economic growth as well as his efforts to improve India’s global influence. Those who disagree point to increasingly divisive policies and their effects on the non-Hindu population. Now we debate: Is Modi’s India Heading in the Right Direction? Arguing Yes: Sameer Lalwani, Senior Expert in South Asia Programs at the United States Institute of Peace Arguing No: Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.4	Hi everybody, welcome to Open to Debate.
0:37.6	I'm John Don Van and in this one we are going to look at a leader and what he has done
0:42.6	for his country.
0:44.2	So something that is coveted among the small club of princes, prime ministers and presidents
0:48.8	around the world is an invitation for a high level visit to the United States, especially
0:53.0	one that comes with all of the stops pulled out.
0:55.2	Personal time with the president, a huge dinner at the White House, an address to Congress.
0:59.2	Well, not long ago, one of those invites technically called an official state visit went to
1:04.0	the prime minister of India, Niranjara Modi, a huge honor that was celebrated back in his
1:08.8	home country.
1:09.8	It's only the second time an Indian prime minister has been accorded all of that ceremony.
1:14.5	But Modi had already been in office for a decade when this happened, and earlier in
1:19.2	his career, he had actually been denied entrance to the United States on grounds that he was
1:23.8	seen as responsible for violations of religious freedom.
1:27.2	So why after 10 years in power, did he, among all leaders in the world, merit that honor?
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