Narendra Modi’s ascent as Prime Minister has shifted India’s politics, bringing Hindu nationalism from the margins to the mainstream. Initially joining the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing, volunteer Hindu nationalist organization, as a teenager, Modi was deeply influenced by its ideology. The RSS, founded nearly a century ago, envisions India as a primarily Hindu […]
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