The Orange and the Saffron: Why a Friendship Between Trump and Modi is Cause for Concern
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Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election shocked much of the world, but some Hindu nationalists in India responded with elation. Kavitha Rajagopalan compares Trump’s political views with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s, warning that an allegiance between the two leaders could feed into Islamophobia and violence against minorities.
By Kavitha Rajagopalan
One week before the U.S. election, I argued that the 45th president should make his or her first official visit to India.