In an outspoken and critical interview which will upset the BJP government and enrage
its supporters, Tavleen Singh has repeatedly compared the Narendra Modi government, its
legislation and its attitude to Muslims to Nazi rule in Germany in the 1930s. She calls
the Citizenship Amendment Act "India's
first Nuremberg law". She repeatedly speaks of Modi's attitude and treatment of Muslims
alongside Hitler's treatment of jews. She says just as Hitler's Nuremberg laws singled
out jews and treated them differently to other Germans so, too, does the Citizenship
Amendment Act single out Muslims and treat them differently to other Indians.
In a 42-minute interview to Karan
Thapar for The Wire on her recently published book Messiah Modi?, Singh says
that she has known for a long time that anti-Muslim prejudice is part of the DNA of the
RSS, whom she calls the "alma mater" of Narendra Modi. She now fears that anti-Muslim
prejudice is also part of Narendra Modi's DNA. She says there were hints of this when he
was chief minister of Gujarat and refused to wear a skull cap or compared the killings
of Muslims in 2002 to a puppy being run over by a car. . . .
Tavleen Singh is one of India's
most influential columnists and authors. In "Messiah
Modi?" she details her early support for Modi the candidate, followed by a helpless
disenchantment with Modi the Prime Minister.
Visweswaran, Kamala, Michael Witzel, Nandini Manjrenkar, Dipta Bhog, and Uma
Chakravarti, "The Hindutva view of
history: rewriting textbooks in India and the United States," Georgetown Journal of
International Affairs 10(1):101-112.
[India has become a model of the imperial cult of "neo-liberalism" -
almost everything must be privatized, sold off. The worldwide assault on social
democracy and the collusion of major parliamentary parties - begun in the US and
Britain in the 1980s - has produced in India a dystopia of extremes and a spectre for
us all.--John Pilger, "India Has Become a
Dystopia of Extremes," CounterPunch, January 3, 2014]
[In 2019, India added three new billionaires every month while most of the rest of the
world was in an economic slowdown. The total number of billionaires reached 138, the
highest after China and the US.--Ravi Kant, "The
rise of the monopolists in Modi's India," asiatimes.com, October 12, 2020]
[it takes more than hugs and handshakes at PR stunts like the "Howdy Modi" event in
Austin, Texas, or the "Namaste Trump" gimmick in Gujarat, to bring in investment.--Bhim
Bhurtel, "Why
manufacturers are not rushing from China to India," asiatimes.com, November 2, 2020]
Modi's Made India Communal & Authoritarian; Courts Caving-in; India May Fracture: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, The Wire, December 17, 2021
J Harikumar: Pavan . . . explains the foundational ideas thoroughly before proceeding to more
sophisticated ideas. For instance, in many chapters, he expounds upon some of the Hindu
philosophical ideas before discussing their implications for society, their historical
context, and etc. Regarding the ideas presented in the book, they gave me a new
perspective of Indian civilization. By tying together the philosophy with the history,
the reader can truly understand what India is at its core.--Pavan Varma, "The Great
Hindu Civilization," West Land (January 1, 2022)
Justice Madan Lokur, "Terribly Disappointed" Supreme Court Hasn't Acted Against Calls For Genocide, The Wire, January 6, 2022
Admiral Arun Prakash, Silence of Political Leaders on Genocide Calls is Ominous, The Wire, January 8, 2022
When An Indian Historian Lashed Out At The West, myBrut, January 24, 2022
How dangerous is it to be Muslim in India? TRT World, January 25, 2022
Hindus for Human Rights to Keep Lobbying US Congress, Govt against India's Treatment of Muslims, The Wire, February, 19, 2022
"My brother was offered a bribe of 100 crore in return for a
favourable judgement. Mohit Shah, the chief justice, made the offer himself."
(p221)--Niranjan Takle, "Who Killed
Judge Loya?," Niranjan Publishing (May 9, 2022)
Who is Narendra Modi? India's path to becoming a world power, DW Documentary, May 13, 2022
