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Hindutva Ideology: India’s Gradual Move Towards Genocide

In the six years since Narendra Modi led the party to victory in the 2014 elections, the BJP ruled government has chipped away at the rights of Muslims and cracked down on its critics, including political opponents, journalists, and human rights activists, forcing Amnesty International to cease its operations in the country out of concern its employees were being threatened and intimidated by the government for publishing reports on the Delhi Police Force’s role in the February 2020 violence, which resulted in the murder of more than 50 Muslims, and the use of torture by its security forces in Kashmir.

Can Diasporas Ease Tensions in International Politics?

The same applies to Malaysian-Indians, who make 7% of the population, with both India and China enjoying good diplomatic relations with Malaysia despite the existence of controversial issues between them such as the issue of Kashmir for India and the South China Sea for China, where China claims parts of what Malaysia considers its territorial waters.

Communal India: Past, Present and Future

21st Century Population Power The conflict and threat in post-colonial India of breakaway independent states goes beyond the multiple wars and ongoing conflict over Kashmir (which is still disputed by both India, Pakistan and Kashmir itself) to include the military invasion of Hyderabad State (1948), separatist movements in the North-East States (1990's-2000's) and Naxalite-Maoist insurgencies (1960's and 2002 to the present) to list just some.