Indian Hindu Nationalist government has now removed all garbs and is a full on fascism. They have scant regard for law or constitution. They have absolute control over all the 4 pillars of democracy and is effectively controlling popular opinion.
Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal
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#112Is it just my skewed perception of more or less recent reporting about India's politics or is the supposed largest democracy on Earth slowly turning into an authoritarian nationalist state to a degree it hasn't seen in many years. Honestly curious, not a rhetorical question, in case anyone can clarify this with better information or first-hand understanding.
I think it's less recent reporting. I don't know a ton about the country's recent history, but India was very much founded as a nationalist state, and the PM position was held by the same family for about 50 years after independence.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Journal of Democracy", Lancet and "Global Health Security Index" ---- I put them all in same category. Take whatever they say with a pinch of salt. The reports published by these orgs are prepared by some minimum wage worker which is then rubber stamped. If these institutes were so credible then US and UK would have not been impacted by COVID so badly. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/11/countries-preparednes...…
>> https://muse.jhu.edu/article/713724 >> From the Journal of Democracy (Jan 2019) > The reports published by these orgs are prepared by some minimum wage worker Author: Sumit Ganguly is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian Cultures and Civilizations at the Indiana University. > Lancet and "Global Health Security Index" I don't know what "Global Health Security Inde…
None of his previous work is on the subject of freedom and democracy btw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumit_Ganguly
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#114What has this post got anything to do with Startups? HN has become irrelevant when the reason is to make impacts in the startup world and less on how the political landscape works. The only reason this post is important is because a lot of the techies are Indians and you can see from the comments on why these discussions are so important for them. We could go on and bring up political unrests in China, Afghanistan, I…
You have never seen a non-startup post here? Nothing about racism or job or caste discrimination? You can completely avoid participating in this discussion. Worst case, the article takes up two lines on the main story page. Two lines that your eyes can scroll by. You do not have to click. I see a lot of users are triggered by the reality of whats happening in India. In general, we see a lot of that when any anti-cast…
This is very ignorant of Hinduism. Hinduism does NOT validate caste discrimination.
Read more https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/157/what-is-the...
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
>India has such a strong and independent judicial system which does its job. Eh... no it does not. The Supreme Court has capitulated; it rubber stamps anything coming out of Modi Inc. Do you not follow whats going on? Why don't you address all of the issues that the parent poster bought up?
An iota of evidence?
Tell me the Supreme Court is doing its job when it hears the long pending cases on Aadhaar, electoral bonds and others of critical national interest. So far, it's just been busy playing around with telecom company dues, Tata Sons' dispute with Cyrus Mistry, etc.
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#116Hindu nationalism is just like any nationalism. It harms liberties. India: Arrests of Activists Politically Motivated https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/16/india-arrests-activists-... Under Modi, India's Press Not Free Anymore https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-pre... Critics of India’s Modi Government Face Sedition Charges https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/critics-of-indias-modi-gover... Is free sp…
You're conflating nationalism with a cultural supremacy movement. They're similar to outsiders, they often overlap, but they are not necessarily the same thing.
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
If ever, courts will act a couple of years after the case. The judicial system is close to non-functional due to underfunding and mismanagement and lately due to political influence by the current fascist regime. The global public is slowly getting aware of all the human rights abuses happening in the country - good. India will only be a true democracy when Hinduism, which manifests in the caste system and brahmanic…
> India will only be a true democracy when Hinduism, which manifests in the caste system and brahmanic supremacy, will be annihilated. I have no words.
Does the caste system still exist in India?
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#118Also surpression in Kashmir seems to have escalated over the past year with removal of local governance and blockade of internet access.
It is not a good combination: Escalating human rights abuses, an economy in freefall, pandemic, border skirmishes with China, nationalism, crackdown on ethnic minorities ...
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#119Worth noting is the fact that the government is charging protestors and dissenters under sedition and UAPA [0]. > In July 2019,the ambit of UAPA was expanded. It was amended allowing the government to designate an individual as a terrorist without trial. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Activities_(Preventio...
IMO, UAPA and similar laws should be repealed and never be allowed to be enacted again.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Hindu nationalism is just like any nationalism. There is a fundamental difference Indian nationalism and other countries nationalism. Indian nationalism is all about bringing back the "varna system" which advocates stratification of society based on the birth and access to education is only allowed for the brahmins(priestly caste). This was the system implemented strictly before the Britishers arrived to India. No…
Do you have any evidence to back your premise that Indian nationalists want to bring back the varna system? That’s an extraordinary claim that requires sourcing. From what I’ve seen it’s like any other nationalist movement.
Yes. The BJP government is backed by the RSS and most of the members of the BJP party including Modi is former member of RSS. RSS is a religious organization supporting the varna system.