Is a New Jim Crow Emerging in India? Ashutosh Varshney Gives a Warning

That's the point here. It's not there yet. But if electorally the BJP keeps winning, this is a prospect that must be faced.
Ashutosh Varshney

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Ashutosh Varshney is the Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences at Brown University. He is the author of many books and papers on India and its politics. His most recent article (coauthored with Connor Staggs), published in Journal of Democracy, is "Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow."

Key Highlights
• Introduction - 1:31
• Hindu Nationalism - 3:48
• Jim Crow and India - 12:08
• Vigilantism - 23:53
• Solutions - 34:46
Key Links

"Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow" by Ashutosh Varshney and Connor Staggs in Journal of Democracy

"India’s Democracy at 70: Growth, Inequality, and Nationalism (journalofdemocracy.org/articles/indias-democra…)" by Ashutosh Varshney in Journal of Democracy

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