Speaker: Suhail Ilyas
rs21.org.uk
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The largest election the world has ever seen resulted last month in the election of Hindu chauvinist Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.
Modi was formerly chief minister in Gujarat, where in 2002, over 700 Muslims were murdered in riots after Modi had blamed them for a train disaster.
However, his neoliberal administration in Gujarat is held up as a model by big business, and the leaders of western capitalism, who censored him after 2002 are now falling over themselves to do business with him.
What does this blend of far-right Hindu nationalism and neoliberal capitalism mean for India, and for the rest of the world? What does the repression of anti-rape protests tell us about the new government?
What are the global lessons about the rise of the far right and the continued dominance of neoliberalism beyond India?