Published on: September 22, 2025 3:22 AM

A nation’s character is often reflected in its treatment of minorities, the vitality of its opposition parties, the freedom of its media, and, last but not least, the robustness of its civil society. But the story on our eastern side is the complete opposite, where the government of RSS extremists has legalized the persecution of minorities. The so-called Indian secularism and the title of being the world’s largest democracy have now been replaced with the crushing of democratic institutions, the rise of crony capitalism, and the suffocation of fundamental freedoms. Contemporary India, under the Modi administration, has transformed from being a secular democracy into a majoritarian state.

Modi’s politics has always been based on the exploitation of minorities, the decline of democracy, and the promotion of autocracy. His legacy is forever stained by the 2002 Gujarat massacre, where he, as the Chief Minister, presided over the brutal killing of over 1,000 Muslims. For this, the civilized world rightly called him the “Butcher of Gujarat.” Yet, in a tragic perversion of justice, he........

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